Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938 (Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving)
"Bates' book is an important contribution to the social history of disease&hellip;It will be essential for scholars in other areas of American social history as well."—Journal of American History"A rigorous, careful study of the medical and institutional history of the disease and organized efforts against it."—Bulletin of the History of Medicine"This important and engrossing book is a state-of-the-art example of mature social history of medicine."—Science