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Disorder

A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

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An incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation's healthMeticulously tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the history of American medical politics ... Read more

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An incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation's healthMeticulously tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the history of American medical politics
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Capitalists against Markets

The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

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Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, ... Read more

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Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden,
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Divide and Deal

The Politics of Distribution in Democracies

Edited by Ian Shapiro, Peter A. Swenson, Daniela Donno Panayides ...

Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions ... Read more

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Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions
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Medical Apartheid

The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • The first full history of Black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read this masterful book."[Washington] has unearthed a shocking amount of information and shaped it into a riveting, ... Read more

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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • The first full history of Black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read this masterful book."[Washington] has unearthed a shocking amount of information and shaped it into a riveting,
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Owning the Sun

A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines

by Alexander Zaitchik ...

An authoritative history of how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people—from patents to the COVID-19 vaccine—for readers of Bad Blood and Empire of Pain.Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human ... Read more

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An authoritative history of how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people—from patents to the COVID-19 vaccine—for readers of Bad Blood and Empire of Pain.Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human
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From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition

A History of Social Welfare in America

by Walter I. Trattner ...

Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends ... Read more

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Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends
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The Social Transformation of American Medicine

The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry

by Paul Starr ...

“A monumental achievement” (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of the American health care system.Considered the definitive history of the American health care system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved ... Read more

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“A monumental achievement” (New York Times) and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Bancroft Prize in American History, this is a landmark history of the American health care system.Considered the definitive history of the American health care system, The Social Transformation of American Medicine examines how the roles of doctors, hospitals, health plans, and government programs have evolved
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Seeking the Cure

A History of Medicine in America

by Ira Rutkow, M.D. ...

A timely, authoritative, and entertaining history of medicine in America by an eminent physicianDespite all that has been written and said about American medicine, narrative accounts of its history are uncommon. Until Ira Rutkow’s Seeking the Cure, there have been no modern works, either for the lay reader or the physician, that convey the extraordinary story of medicine in the United States. Yet ... Read more

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A timely, authoritative, and entertaining history of medicine in America by an eminent physicianDespite all that has been written and said about American medicine, narrative accounts of its history are uncommon. Until Ira Rutkow’s Seeking the Cure, there have been no modern works, either for the lay reader or the physician, that convey the extraordinary story of medicine in the United States. Yet
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The Cigarette Century

The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America

by Allan M. Brandt ...

The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. And no product has received such sustained scientific scrutiny. ... Read more

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The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of Humphrey Bogart or Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. No product has been so heavily promoted or has become so deeply entrenched in American consciousness. And no product has received such sustained scientific scrutiny.
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Health Care for Some

Rights and Rationing in the United States since 1930

by Beatrix Hoffman ...

"Skillfully chronicles America's struggles to make health care a right from the Depression through Obamacare. . . . beautifully written [and] compelling." —Jonathan Oberlander, author of The Political Life of MedicareNamed by Choice as an Outstanding Academic TitleIn Health Care for Some, Beatrix Hoffman offers an engaging, in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care ... Read more

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"Skillfully chronicles America's struggles to make health care a right from the Depression through Obamacare. . . . beautifully written [and] compelling." —Jonathan Oberlander, author of The Political Life of MedicareNamed by Choice as an Outstanding Academic TitleIn Health Care for Some, Beatrix Hoffman offers an engaging, in-depth look at America's long tradition of unequal access to health care
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Pox

An American History

by Michael Willrich ...

The untold story of how America's Progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century.At the turn of the last century, a powerful smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an increasingly interconnected American landscape: from southern tobacco plantations to the dense immigrant ... Read more

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The untold story of how America's Progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century.At the turn of the last century, a powerful smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an increasingly interconnected American landscape: from southern tobacco plantations to the dense immigrant
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Gangs of America

The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy

by Ted Nace ...

" Gangs of America is a brilliant page-turner revealing how powerful, greedy corporations wage institutional terrorism." —John Stauber, coauthor of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!The corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. Designed to seek profit and power, it has pursued both with endless tenacity, steadily bending the framework of law and even challenging the sovereign ... Read more

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" Gangs of America is a brilliant page-turner revealing how powerful, greedy corporations wage institutional terrorism." —John Stauber, coauthor of Toxic Sludge Is Good for You!The corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. Designed to seek profit and power, it has pursued both with endless tenacity, steadily bending the framework of law and even challenging the sovereign
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