In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America 0802718019, 9780802718013

Kingdom of the Sick: A History of Leprosy and Japan 0824879015, 9780824879013

In this groundbreaking work, Susan L. Burns examines the history of leprosy in Japan from medieval times until the prese

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A History of Women in America 0553269143

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The Medical Messiahs: A Social History of Health Quackery in 20th Century America 0691645310, 9780691645315

James Harvey Young describes the development of patent medicines in America from the enactment in 1906 of the Pure Food

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From the History of State System in Mesopotamia — The Kingdom of the Third Dynasty of Ur

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From the History of State System in Mesopotamia — The Kingdom of the Third Dynasty of Ur

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Women, Body, Illness : Space and Identity in the Everyday Lives of Women with Chronic Illness 9780847695430, 2002001197, 9780847695447, 9781461647324

This provocative and moving work explores concepts of body and space to better understand the daily lives and struggles

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Madness in the City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Race and Mental Illness in the Nation's Capital 019085264X, 9780190852641

From the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Saint Elizabeths Hospital was one of the United States' mo

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Ugarit: The History and Legacy of the Kingdom of Ugarit in the Ancient Near East 3688850810

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The Other Eighties: A Secret History of America in the Age of Reagan 0809074613, 9780809074617

In this engaging new book, Bradford Martin illuminates a different 1980s than many remember—one whose history has been b

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Leviathan: the history of whaling in America 9780393331578, 0393331571

A Los Angeles Times Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007 A Boston Globe Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007 Amazon.com Editors pick a

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