Flexible Bodies The Role of Immunity in American Culture from the Days of Polio to the Age of AIDS

Author/creator Martin, Emily Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Beacon Press Westminster : Random House, Incorporated [Distributor]
Description352 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation Emily Martin traces Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the 1940s. She explores the implications of our emphasis on 'flexibility' in contexts from medicine to the corporate world, warning that we may be approaching a new form of social Darwinism.
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LCCN 93039065
ISBN9780807046272
ISBN0807046272 (Trade Paper) Active Record
UPC 046442046275
Standard identifier# 9780807046272
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