Deluxe Jim Crow: Civil Rights and American Health Policy, 1935-1954 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820340449ISBN-10:820340448UPC:9780820340449Book Category:Political Science, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Civil Rights, United States, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SC801Y781P
Deluxe Jim Crow: Civil Rights and American Health Policy, 1935-1954
Plagued by geographic isolation, poverty, and acute shortages of health professionals and hospital beds, the South was dubbed by Surgeon General Thomas Parran "the nation's number one health problem." The improvement of southern, rural, and black health would become a top priority of the U.S. Public Health Service during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.
Karen Kruse Thomas details how...Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820340449ISBN-10:820340448UPC:9780820340449Book Category:Political Science, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Civil Rights, United States, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SC801Y781P
KAREN KRUSE THOMAS is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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