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Diabetes : a history of race and disease /

Who gets diabetes and why? An in-depth examination of diabetes in the context of race, public health, class, and heredity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tuchman, Arleen, 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Diabetes > United States > History.
Diabetes > United States > Genetic aspects.
Diabetes > Social aspects > United States.
Diabetes Mellitus > history.
United States.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Judenkrankheit, a Jewish Malady
  • Whiteness, Self-Restraint, and Citizenship
  • Misunderstanding the African American Experience
  • Native Peoples and the Thrifty Gene Hypothesis
  • A Nationwide Hunt for Hidden Disease
  • Epilogue: Diabetes and Race since 1985.