1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465125903321

Autore

Quadagno Jill S

Titolo

One nation, uninsured [[electronic resource] ] : why the U.S. has no national health insurance / / Jill Quadagno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

9786610838417

0-19-516039-8

0-19-803638-8

1-280-83841-8

1-4294-3830-4

Edizione

[Oxford University Press pbk.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

362.973

Soggetti

National health insurance - United States - History - 20th century

Medically uninsured persons - United States - History - 20th century

Health insurance - Government policy - United States - History - 20th century

Right to health - United States - History - 20th century

Health services accessibility - United States - History - 20th century

Health care reform - United States - History - 20th century

Medical policy - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface ; Introduction ; One: Doctors' Politics and the Red Menace ; Two: Organized Labor's Health Benefits ; Three: Provider Sovereignty and Civil Rights ; Four: Don't Rock the Boat ; Five: Cost Containment versus National Health Insurance ; Six:The Revolt of the Corporate Purchaser; Seven: The Insurers Triumphant; Eight: Why the United States Has No National Health Insurance and What Can Be Done About It; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees their citizens access to essential health care services - every country, that is, except the United



States. Indeed, one in eight Americans - a shocking 43 million people - a majority of them in working families, do not have any health care insurance. ""One Nation, Uninsured"" offers a vividly written, path-breaking history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Ranging across the 20th century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stak

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456673503321

Autore

Mermann-Jozwiak Elisabeth

Titolo

Conversations with Mexican American writers [[electronic resource] ] : languages and literatures in the borderlands / / Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Nancy Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2009

ISBN

1-282-48477-X

9786612484773

1-60473-472-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SullivanNancy <1949->

Disciplina

810.9/86872

Soggetti

Mexican American authors

Authors, American - 20th century

American literature - Mexican American authors - History and criticism

Mexican American authors - Political and social views

American literature - Mexican-American Border Region - History and criticism

Mexican Americans - Intellectual life

Mexican Americans in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Stories that must be told: an introduction -- The stuff that you pull out of your kischkas: conversation with Montserrat Fontes -- Braiding languages, weaving cultures: conversation with Diana Montejano --



You must be the change you wish to see in the world: conversation with Pat Mora -- Between belonging and exile: conversation with Benjamin Alire Sáenz -- Muy payasa: conversation with Sandra Cisneros -- You carry the border with you: conversation with Helena María Viramontes -- My grandmother makes the best tortillas and other stereotypes: conversation with Dagoberto Gilb -- Testimonio, reconnection, and forgiveness: conversation with Norma ElÍa Cantú -- Ay, el inglés tan bonito!: conversation with Denise Chávez.

Sommario/riassunto

Interviews with nine Mexican American authors conducted primarily in 2007.

3.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00117722

Autore

Cross, Nigel

Titolo

L'architetto automatizzato / Nigel Cross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Napoli, : Liguori, 1985

Descrizione fisica

204 p. ; 21 cm.

Soggetti

Architettura - Automatismi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia