Overview
- Emphasizes the medicine v. religion debate in the context of children’s increasing social importance
- Draws comparisons between Western Europe and Canada and the US
- Features a highly engaging writing style and very strong narrative
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood (PSHC)
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Book Title: Religion, Law, and the Medical Neglect of Children in the United States, 1870–2000
Book Subtitle: 'The Science of the Age'
Authors: Lynne Curry
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24689-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24688-4Published: 24 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24691-4Published: 25 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24689-1Published: 01 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6532
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6540
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 197
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: US History, Cultural History, Social History, History of Medicine, Childhood, Adolescence and Society