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UNINA9910789962503321 |
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Autore |
Mueller Doris Land <1927-> |
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Daring to be different [[electronic resource] ] : Missouri's remarkable Owen sisters / / Doris Land Mueller |
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Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (152 p.) |
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Collana |
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Missouri heritage readers |
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Sisters - Missouri - Saint Joseph |
Women - Missouri - Saint Joseph |
Women intellectuals - Missouri - Saint Joseph |
Women pioneers - Missouri - Saint Joseph |
Saint Joseph (Mo.) Biography |
Saint Joseph (Mo.) History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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An introduction -- St. Joseph : the place and its people -- The early years -- Mary Alicia leads the way -- Luella : geologist, explorer, painter, family historian -- "Miss Juliette" : ornithologist, botanist, and artist -- The twilight years -- The legacy of the Owen sisters -- Epilogue. |
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UNINA9910962680703321 |
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Autore |
Bivins Roberta E. <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Alternative medicine? : a history / / Roberta Bivins |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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9786613222657 |
9781283222655 |
1283222655 |
9780191613821 |
0191613827 |
9780191568817 |
0191568813 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Alternative medicine - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; dedication; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction: 'Rival Systems of Medicine'?; 1. 'What is this Burning?'; 2. Health and The New Science'; 3. 'The Chinese Have a Great Deal of Wit'; 4. With our Western Brethren, the Case Seems to be Quite Different'; Conclusion: Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the (Im)Patient-Consumer; FURTHER READING; NOTES; INDEX |
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Walk into the local health food shop or pick up today's paper and the chances are that you'll see adverts for acupuncture and herbal medicine, hypnotists and homeopaths. Some doctors and scientists mourn the lost lustre of mainstream medicine and complain about a new breed of 'irrational' consumer. But what exactly is 'alternative' medicine? Is the astonishing popularity of alternative and multicultural medicine really such a recent development? And, given the success story of modern biomedical science, why are alternative and traditional treatments now so fashionable? Has the impersonal chill |
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