This book looks beyond the common label of 'Ronald Reagan's America' to chart the complex intersection of cultures in the 1980s. In doing so it provides an insightful account of the major cultural forms of 1980s Americaβliterature and drama; film and television; music and performance; art and photog
The Last Childrenβs Plague: Poliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture
β Scribed by Richard J. Altenbaugh (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 302
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
The American Plague....Pages 1-21
Many Yellow Caskets....Pages 23-54
After Treatment....Pages 55-88
Wheelchair Gladiators....Pages 89-121
Home Sweet Home....Pages 123-157
The Cripples....Pages 159-187
Polioβs Legacy....Pages 189-192
Back Matter....Pages 193-277
β¦ Subjects
Science, general
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