Title For their own good : the transformation of English working-class health culture, 1880-1970 / Lucinda McCray Beier

Published Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 409 pages) Contents "Every street had its lady" : working-class health culture before World War II -- "We know what's good for you" : formal health care provision in Barrow, Lancaster, and Preston -- "No fever in our house" : contagion, prevention, and the working class -- "They never told us anything" : sex and family limitation -- "With having my mother, I didn't need any advice off anybody else" : bearing and caring for children -- "By gum, we did enjoy it" : popular media and the construction of modern health culture -- "The best thing since wearing boots" : working-class health culture after 1948 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-392) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Working class -- Medical care -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Working class -- Medical care -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Public health -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Public health -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Health attitudes. Urban Health Services -- history Attitude to Health Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Social Class Social Medicine -- history HISTORY -- General. Health attitudes Public health Working class -- Medical care SUBJECT England https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004739 Subject Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814271711 0814271715

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