| Precarious Prescriptions: Contested Histories of Race and Health in North America Subjects: African Americans -- Health and hygiene; Hispanic Americans -- Health and hygiene; Mexicans -- Health and hygiene -- United States; Discrimination in medical care -- North America;
By creating an intricate portrait of the close associations of race, medicine, and public health, Precarious Prescriptions helps us better understand the long and fraught history of health care in America. Contributors: Jason E. Glenn, U of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; Mark Allan Goldberg, U of Houston; Jean J. Kim; Gretchen Long, Williams College; Verónica Martínez-Matsuda, Cornell U; Lena McQuade-Salzfass, Sonoma State U; Natalia Molina, U of California, San Diego; Susan M. Reverby, Wellesley College; Jennifer Seltz, Western Washington U. Laurie B. Green is associate professor of history at University of Texas at Austin. |