Naval Blockades in Peace and War: An Economic History since 1750 - Hardcover

Davis, Lance E.; Engerman, Stanley L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052185749X ISBN 13: 9780521857499

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

In the early nineteenth century in the United States, cancer in the breast was a rare disease. Now it seems that breast cancer is everywhere. Written by a medical historian who is also a doctor, Unnatural History tells how and why this happened. Rather than there simply being more disease, breast cancer has entered the bodies of so many American women and the concerns of nearly all the rest, mostly as a result of how we have detected, labeled, and responded to the disease. The book traces changing definitions and understandings of breast cancer, the experience of breast cancer sufferers, clinical and public health practices, and individual and societal fears.

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Book Description

In the early nineteenth century in the United States, cancer in the breast was a rare disease. Now it seems that breast cancer is everywhere. Written by a medical historian who is also a doctor, Unnatural History tells how and why this happened.

About the Author

Stanley L. Engerman is Professor of Economics and of History at the University of Rochester. He is the co-editor of The Cambridge Economic History of the United States and of Finance, Intermediaries, and Economic Development (Cambridge University Press, 1993).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 052185749X
• ISBN 13: 9780521857499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464