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UNINA9910790387303321 |
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Autore |
Saks Mike |
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Titolo |
Orthodox and alternative medicine [[electronic resource] ] : politics, professionalization and health care / / Mike Saks |
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1-283-88010-5 |
1-4462-6536-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource ([vi], 194 p.) |
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Alternative medicine - Great Britain - History |
Alternative medicine - United States - History |
Medical care - Great Britain - History |
Medical care - United States - 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 (p.[163]-183) and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Health Care in the Pre-Industrial Era; Chapter 2 - The Rise of the Medical Profession and Orthodox Biomedicine; Chapter 3 - The Marginalization of Alternative Medicine; Chapter 4 - The Development of a Medical Counter-Culture; Chapter 5 - Health Policy, Professionalization and the State; Conclusion; References; Index |
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Drawing on the wider experience of other Western and Eastern countries, this book explores the interface between orthodox medicine and alternative medicine in Britain and the United States, outlining the development of these separate categories of medicine from a relatively undifferentiated past. |
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UNINA9910153104103321 |
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Autore |
Whitham Charlie |
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Post-war business planners in the United States, 1939-48 : the rise of the corporate moderates / / Charlie Whitham |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2016 |
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9781350012578 |
1350012572 |
9781472508751 |
1472508750 |
9781472512161 |
1472512162 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 pages) |
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Business planning - United States - History - 21st century |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Context & Themes -- 1. The Planners before 1939 -- 2. The Stimulus of War in Europe, 1939-41 -- 3. Total War, Total Planning, 1942 -- 4. The Challenge of Conservatism, 1943-44 -- 5. The International Question, 1944-45 -- 6. Consensus and Convergence, 1945-48 -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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"During the Second World War several independent business organizations in the US devoted considerable energy to formulating and advocating social and economic policy options for the US government for implementation after the war. This 'planning community' of far-sighted businessmen joined with academics and government officials in a nationwide endeavor to ensure that the colossal levels of productivity achieved by the US during wartime continued into the peace. At its core this effort was part of a wider struggle between liberals, moderates and conservatives over determining the economic and social responsibilities of government in the new post-war order. In this book, Charlie Whitham draws on an |
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abundance of unpublished primary material from private and public archives that includes the minutes, memoranda, policy statements and research studies of the major post-war business planning organisations on a wide range of topics including monetary policy, demobilization, labor policy, international trade and foreign affairs. This is the untold story of how the post-war business planners -- of all hues -- helped shape the 'moderate' consensus which prevailed after 1945 over a permanent but limited government responsibility for fiscal, welfare and labor affairs, advanced American interests overseas and established.-- |
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