The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture

The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture Patterson, James T.

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Prologue: The Travail Of General Grant -- 1. Cancerphobia In The Late Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Rise Of The Doctors -- 3. The Alliance Against Cancer -- 4. The Wilderness Years -- 5. Government Joins The Fight -- 6. Hymns To Science And Prayers To God -- 7. The Research Explosion -- 8. Smoking And Cancer -- 9. Popular Fears, Official Dreams -- 10. The Alliance Under Siege -- 11. More Promises, More Fears -- Bibliographic Note -- Notes -- Index. James T. Patterson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 313-322.

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calendar_today 1987
qr_code_2 9780674216259
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description 380 pages
The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture

The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture Patterson, James T.

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Prologue: The Travail Of General Grant -- 1. Cancerphobia In The Late Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Rise Of The Doctors -- 3. The Alliance Against Cancer -- 4. The Wilderness Years -- 5. Government Joins The Fight -- 6. Hymns To Science And Prayers To God -- 7. The Research Explosion -- 8. Smoking And Cancer -- 9. Popular Fears, Official Dreams -- 10. The Alliance Under Siege -- 11. More Promises, More Fears -- Bibliographic Note -- Notes -- Index. James T. Patterson. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 313-322.

business Harvard University Press
menu_book Hardcover
calendar_today 1987
qr_code_2 9780674216259
language EN
description 380 pages