Providing the first comprehensive history of child health in the United States, this book offers a thorough historical account of the ways that professionals and the state have addressed child health problems.
ContentsSeries Forewordby Miriam Forman-BrunellviiAcknowledgmentsxiIntroductionxiiiPart IEssays11Levels and Trends of Death and Disease in Childhood, 1620 to the PresentRichard A.Meckel32Stories of Childhood Health and DiseaseHeather Munro Prescott253A Sound Mind for the Child###8217;s Body: The Mental Health of Children and YouthKathleen Jones434Children###8217;s Health: Caregivers and Sites of CareJanet Golden675Teaching Children about HealthElizabeth Toon856The Federal Government and Child HealthKriste Lindenmeyer107Part IIDocuments1277Recounting Health and Illness129vi CONTENTS8Advice on Child Health1439Images of Child Health and Providers15710Institutions for Children17311Mental Hygiene18312Child Health and the State195Part IIIBibliography20513Demographic and Epidemiologic Surveys20714Framing Child Death, Disease, and Health21115Health Care and Health Care Providers21516Child Health, Philanthropy, and the State221Index227Contributors241
JANET GOLDEN is Associate Professor history at Rutgers. She is
the author of A Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From
Breast to Bottle and a forthcoming book on the history of fetal
alcohol syndrome.
RICHARD A. MECKEL is Associate Professor of American Civilization
and History at Brown University. He is the author of Save the
Babies: American Public Health Reform and the Prevention of Infant
Mortality, 1850-1939 (Johns Hopkins).
HEATHER MONRO PRESCOTT Heather Munro Prescott is Professor of
History at Central Connecticut State University. She is the author
of A Doctor of Their Own: The History of Adolescent Medicine.
?[T]his new reference is unique becuase of its focus and format.
Based on the premise that children have largely been ignored in
standard history books, just as women have been previously, the
series attempts to fill in the gaps and provide researchers with
access to information about the place of children and adolescents
in American history....[a]n invaluable starting point for any
student wishing to investigate the topic of children's health, it
is also a lesson in how to conduct research. The book is an
excellent source of ideas and information, and the general topic
has been broken down into related subtopics, all of which have been
meticulously documented. This reference is well worth the cost and
belongs on every school library shelf.?-VOYA
"ÝT¨his new reference is unique becuase of its focus and format.
Based on the premise that children have largely been ignored in
standard history books, just as women have been previously, the
series attempts to fill in the gaps and provide researchers with
access to information about the place of children and adolescents
in American history....Ýa¨n invaluable starting point for any
student wishing to investigate the topic of children's health, it
is also a lesson in how to conduct research. The book is an
excellent source of ideas and information, and the general topic
has been broken down into related subtopics, all of which have been
meticulously documented. This reference is well worth the cost and
belongs on every school library shelf."-VOYA
"[T]his new reference is unique becuase of its focus and format.
Based on the premise that children have largely been ignored in
standard history books, just as women have been previously, the
series attempts to fill in the gaps and provide researchers with
access to information about the place of children and adolescents
in American history....[a]n invaluable starting point for any
student wishing to investigate the topic of children's health, it
is also a lesson in how to conduct research. The book is an
excellent source of ideas and information, and the general topic
has been broken down into related subtopics, all of which have been
meticulously documented. This reference is well worth the cost and
belongs on every school library shelf."-VOYA
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