Dead on arrival : the politics of health care in twentieth-century America

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Dead on arrival : the politics of health care in twentieth-century America

Title remainder

the politics of health care in twentieth-century America

Statement of responsibility

Colin Gordon

Creator

• Gordon, Colin, 1962-
• Gordon, Colin, 1962-

Subject

• Medical care -- Political aspects -- United States
• Medical policy -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Why, alone among industrial democracies, does the United States not have national health insurance? While many books have addressed this question, Dead on Arrival is the first to do so based on original archival research for the full sweep of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of political, reform, business, and labor records, Colin Gordon traces a complex and interwoven story of political failure and private response. He examines, in turn, the emergence of private, work-based benefits; the uniquely American pursuit of "social insurance"; the influence of race and gender

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• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
• Politics and society in twentieth-century America

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Index

index present

LC call number

RA395.A3

LC item number

G67 2005eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography