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Rest uneasy : sudden infant death syndrome in twentieth century America / Brittany Cowgill.
Rest Uneasy investigates the processes by which SIDS became both a discrete medical enigma and a source of social anxiety construed differently over time and according to varying perspectives. Brittany Cowgill chronicles and assesses Americans' fraught but consequential efforts to explain and conquer SIDS.
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- ISBN: 9780813588209
- ISBN: 0813588200
- ISBN: 9780813588193
- ISBN: 0813588197
- Physical Description: vii, 236 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "Deaths of infants in bed" : the historical origins of SIDS -- Cause of death : SIDS -- The theory of the month club : conducting research on SIDS -- Risky babies -- Mobilization : SIDS activism -- Cause for alarm -- Sleep like a baby -- Conclusion : "the disease of theories" : discovering SIDS. |
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| Subject: | Sudden infant death syndrome. Sudden Infant Death > etiology. Sudden Infant Death > prevention & control. Infant Mortality > history. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | RJ 320 .S93 C69 2018 | 30775305536907 | General Collection | Available | - |