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Health in the City: Race, Poverty, and the Negotiation of Women’s Health in New York City, 1915–1930 (Culture, Labor, History, 9)
| Full title: | Health in the City: Race, Poverty, and the Negotiation of Women’s Health in New York City, 1915–1930 (Culture, Labor, History, 9) |
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| ISBN: | 9781479867998 |
| ISBN 10: | 1479867993 |
| Authors: | Hart, Tanya |
| Publisher: | Nyu Press |
| Edition: | First Edition |
| Num. pages: | 336 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2015 |
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Synopsis
Health In The City Challenges Traditional Ideas Of Early Twentieth-century Urban Black Health Care By Showing A Program That Was Simultaneously Racialized And Cutting-edge. It Reveals That Even The Most Well-meaning Public Health Programs May Inadvertently Reinforce The Perceptions Of Inferiority That They Were Created To Fix--page [4] Of Cover. Migration And The City -- Professionalization In The City -- Work In The City -- Culture In The City -- Birthing In The City : Columbus Hill -- Health In Columbus Hill -- Birthing In The City : The Mulberry District -- Health In The Mulberry District. Tanya Hart. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 291-313) And Index.