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History

Merchants of Medicines The Commerce and Coercion of Health in Britain's Long Eighteenth Century

Dorner Zachary

ISBN: HB: 9780226706801, University of Chicago Press, May 2020
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 24 halftones, 5 tables

The period from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century – the so-called long eighteenth century of English history – was a time of profound global change, marked by the expansion of intercontinental empires, long distance trade, and huma...

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Physiology

Science of Walking Investigations into Locomotion in the Long Nineteenth Century

Mayer Andreas

ISBN: HB: 9780226328355, University of Chicago Press, May 2020
232 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 50 halftones

"The Science of Walking" recounts the story of the growing interest and investment of Western scholars, physicians, and writers in the scientific study of an activity that seems utterly trivial in its everyday performance and yet essential to our hum...

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Public Health

Gay and Lesbian Studies

Plague Years A Doctor's Journey through the AIDS Crisis

Slotten Ross A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226718767, University of Chicago Press, May 2020
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In 1992, Dr. Ross A. Slotten had the dubious distinction of signing more death certificates in the city of Chicago – and, by inference, the state of Illinois – than any other physician. As a family physician, he trained to care for patients from birt...

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Pharmacy

Law

Medical Monopoly Intellectual Property Rights and the Origins of the Modern Pharmaceutical Industry

Gabriel Joseph M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226710228, ISBN: HB: 9780226108186, University of Chicago Press, Synthesis, April 2020
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones

During much of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers unethical forms of monopoly; physicians who prescribed patented drugs could be, and were, ostracized...

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Psychiatry

Psychology

Mental Traveler A Father, a Son, and a Journey through Schizophrenia

Mitchell W. J. T.

ISBN: HB: 9780226695938, University of Chicago Press, April 2020
192 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 18 halftones

How does a parent make sense of a child's severe mental illness? How does a father meet the daily challenges of caring for his gifted but delusional son, while seeking to overcome the stigma of madness and the limits of psychiatry? W. J. T. Mitchell...

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Political Science

Above the Fray The Red Cross and the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector

Dromi Shai M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226680248, ISBN: HB: 9780226680101, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 halftones

From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year. Policymakers and activists often assume that humanitarian aid is best provided by these organizations, which are gene...

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Business & Economics

Public Health

Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World Working Longer

Coile Courtney, Milligan Kevin, Wise David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226619293, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2020
576 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 320 figures, 19 tables

Developed countries during the last two decades have seen a long-term decline in men's labor force participation at older ages, followed by a more recent pattern of sharply rising participation rates. Participation rates for women at older ages have...

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Physiology

Sport

Higher and Colder A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration

Heggie Vanessa

ISBN: HB: 9780226650883, University of Chicago Press, September 2019
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 13 halftones

During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalaya to Antarctica and beyond, "Higher and Colder" presents the first history of extreme physi...

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Public Health

Education

Human Voices of Tomorrow's Doctors

Kehinde Tolu

ISBN: PB: 9781512603330, University of Chicago Press, Dartmouth College Press, September 2019
200 pp., 22.8x13.9 cm

Medical professionals are often viewed as a special breed of stoic figures whose tough grace allows them to stay strong as they confront human frailty and tragedy on a daily basis. "Human" is a new anthology that aims to dispel this unhelpful line of...

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Biography & Memoires

Limited by Body Habitus An American Fat Story

Renee Blevins Jennifer

ISBN: PB: 9781938769405, University of Chicago Press, Autumn House Press, September 2019
208 pp., 21.5x15.2 cm

Jennifer Renee Blevins's debut memoir, "Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story", sheds light on her experiences living with the emotional and psychological struggles of taking up space in a fat-phobic world. Bringing together experiences of p...

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