{"product_id":"old-paint-a-medical-history-of-childhood-lead-paint-poisoning-in-the-united-states-to-1980-hardback-9780813529875","title":"Old Paint; A Medical History of Childhood Lead-Paint Poisoning in the United States to 1980 (Hardback) 9780813529875","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOld Paint\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Medical History of Childhood Lead-Paint Poisoning in the United States to 1980\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter C. English (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813529875\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 September 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w illustrations, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 16.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.539 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMedical historian English provides a valuable historical account of childhood lead-paint poisoning from its discovery in Australia in the late 1800s to about 1980. . . . Well written and very well researched.\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003eA compelling history, and a fascinating account of how perceptions of disease change in response to scientific and cultural circumstances. An outstanding, highly recommended book.\u003c\/div\u003e - Kenneth M. Ludmerer (author of Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early twentieth century lead had many domestic uses: in solder for cans, as a gasoline additive to prevent “knocking” in engines, in water pipes, and, most prominently, in interior paint prized for its durability and ability to hold color. Far from being the toxic hazard we recognize today, lead was a valuable commodity. However, by the end of the century, lead had largely disappeared from our environment as physicians discovered the threat it posed to children’s health and mental development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Paint\u003c\/i\u003e documents the history of lead-paint poisoning in the United States and the evolving responses of public health officials and the lead-paint industry to this hazard up to 1980, by which time lead had been banned from gasoline and paint. Peter C. English traces lead poisoning from a rare, but acute problem confined to a small group of children to the discovery by the end of the 1940s of the dangers of the crumbling lead-painted interiors of inner-city dwellings. He draws on a wide range of primary materials not only to illuminate our understanding of how this health hazard changed over time, but also to explore how diseases are constructed and evolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I Lead Poisoning before 1920\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Children and Lead before 1920\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 The Queensland Epidemic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 The Scientific Study of the American Workplace\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Lead Hazards, Lead Safety, and Alice Hamilton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II Gnawing Toddlers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Children and the Lead Industries Association, 1925–1935\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Baltimore, Boston, and Robert Kehoe, 1930–1940\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart III Peeling and Flaking Paint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 7 A 1950s Transformation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The Urban Ecology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 9 New Therapies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart IV Industry and Public Health Responses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 10 One Percent Lead Content for Paint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Urban Lead Programs of the 1950s and 1960s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Children and Lead, 1960–1965\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart V The New Ecology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 13 A “Submerged” National Epidemic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Air Pollution and an Epidemic Redefined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Dust, Dirt, and Mouthing in 1980\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559283290392,"sku":"9780813529875","price":83.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/old-paint-a-medical-history-of-childhood-lead-paint-poisoning-in-the-united-states-to-1980-hardback-9780813529875","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}