Author: MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1618
Book Description
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: MassachusettsReport of the Librarian and Annual Supplement to the General Catalogue
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Alcoholism in America
Author: Sarah W. TracyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801891671
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one might imagine that this dual approach is a reflection of today's enlightened and sympathetic society, historian Sarah Tracy discovers that efforts to medicalize alcoholism are anything but new. Alcoholism in America tells the story of physicians, politicians, court officials, and families struggling to address the danger of excessive alcohol consumption at the turn of the century. Beginning with the formation of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates in 1870 and concluding with the enactment of Prohibition in 1920, this study examines the effect of the disease concept on individual drinkers and their families and friends, as well as the ongoing battle between policymakers and the professional medical community for jurisdiction over alcohol problems. Tracy captures the complexity of the political, professional, and social negotiations that have characterized the alcoholism field both yesterday and today. Tracy weaves American medical history, social history, and the sociology of knowledge into a narrative that probes the connections among reform movements, social welfare policy, the specialization of medicine, and the social construction of disease. Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction.
Report
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. Board of State CharitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Catalogue of the library of the State historical society of Wisconsin, by D.S. and I. Durrie
Author: Daniel Steele DurriePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: First [to fifth] supplements. [Additions from 1873-1887
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Author: State Historical Society of Wisconsin. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Includes titles on all subjects, some in foreign languages, later incorporated into Memorial Library.
Annual report of the Board of State Charities of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts Board of State CharitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Annual report of the State Board of Charity of Massachusetts. v.7, 1869-70
Author: Catalogue of the Michigan State Library
Author: Michigan State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description