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Autore |
Hoffman Beatrix Rebecca |
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Titolo |
The wages of sickness : the politics of health insurance in progressive America / / Beatrix Hoffman |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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979-88-908715-7-2 |
0-8078-6072-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in social medicine |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health insurance - United States - History - 20th century |
Progressivism (United States politics) |
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Formato |
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. [233]-245) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Patchwork Protection: The Specter of Sickness and Poverty; 2. Crafting a Solution to the Sickness Problem: The American Association for Labor Legislation; 3. A Dose of Prussianism: European Origins and American Identities; 4. The Worst Insult to the Greatest Profession: Medical Practitioners and Health Insurance; 5. Moneyed Interests: Employers and Insurance Companies Against Compulsory Health Insurance; 6. The House of Labor Divided; 7. Insuring Maternity: Women's Politics and the Campaign for Health Insurance |
8. The Politics of DefeatEpilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From 1915 to 1920, Progressive reformers led a spirited but unsuccessful crusade for compulsory health insurance in New York State. Beatrix Hoffman shows that this first health insurance campaign was a crucial moment in the creation of the American welfare state and health care system. |
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