Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America

by Colin Gordon

Book Overview

Why, alone among industrial democracies, does the United States not have national health insurance? While many books have addressed this question, Dead on Arrival is the first to do so based on original archival research for the full sweep of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of political, reform, business, and labor records, Colin Gordon traces a complex and interwoven story of political failure and private response. He examines,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691119511
• ISBN13: 9780691119519
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"