| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 386 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : the politics of healing / Robert D. Johnston-- Negotiating dissent : homeopathy and anti-vaccinationism at the turn of the twentieth century / Nadav Davidovitch -- Making friends for "pure" homeopathy : Hahnemannians and the twentieth-century preservation and transformation of homeopathy / Anne Taylor Kirschmann -- Revisiting the "golden age" of regular medicine : the politics of alternative cancer care in Canada, 1900-1950 / Barbara Clow -- Science and the shadow of ideology in the American health foods movement, 1930s-1960s / Michael Ackerman |
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"Voodoo death" : fantasy, excitement, and the untenable boundaries of biomedical science / Otniel E. Dror -- Western medicine and Navajo healing : conflict and compromise / Wade Davies -- Sister Kenny goes to Washington : polio, populism, and medical politics in postwar America / Naomi Rogers -- The lunatic fringe strikes back : conservative opposition to the Alaska Mental Health Bill of 1956 / Michelle M. Nickerson -- "Not a so-called democracy" : anti-fluoridationists and the fight over drinking water / Gretchen Ann Reilly |
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Engendering alternatives : women's health care choices and feminist medical rebellions / Amy Sue Bix -- Inside-out : holism and history in Toronto's women's health movements / Georgina Feldberg -- A quiet movement : Orisha and the healing of people, spirit, history, and community / Velana Huntington -- The politics and poetics of "magazine medicine" : New Age Ayurveda in the print media / Sita Reddy -- Cam cancer therapies in twentieth century North America : the emergence and growth of a social movement / David J. Hess |
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Beyond the culture wars : the politics of alternative health / Matthew Schneirov and Jonathan David Geczik -- Contemporary anti-vaccination movements in historical perspective / Robert D. Johnston -- From cultism to cam : alternative medicine in the twentieth century / James C. Whorton |
| Summary |
Brings together top scholars in the fields of American history, history of medicine, anthropology, sociology, and politics to counter the view that alternative medical therapies fell into disrepute in the decades after physicians established their |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Alternative medicine -- North America -- History -- 20th century
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Alternative medicine -- Political aspects -- North America -- 20th century
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Politics, Practical.
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Complementary Therapies -- history
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History, 20th Century
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Politics
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politics.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Alternative Therapies.
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MEDICAL -- Healing.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healing.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Healing -- General.
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Politics, Practical
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Alternative medicine
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Alternatieve geneeskunde.
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Histoire.
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Médecine douce.
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20e siècle.
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| SUBJECT |
North America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092455
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North America |
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North America
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Amérique du Nord.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnston, Robert D
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| ISBN |
0203506073 |
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9780203506073 |
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1280052406 |
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9781280052408 |
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