by Karol K. Weaver (Author)
Examines folk songs, patent medicine advertisements, oral history interviews, ghost stories, and jokes to show how over the course of the twentieth century the men and women of the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania crafted their gender and ethnic identities via the medical decisions they made.
Author Biography
Karol K. Weaver is Associate Professor of History at Susquehanna University.
Number of Pages: 200
Dimensions: 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: November 15, 2013