Exhibiting Health : Public Health Displays in the Progressive Era PDF
by Koslow Jennifer Lisa Koslow
Part of the Critical Issues in Health and Medicine series
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In the early twentieth century, public health reformers approached the task of ameliorating unsanitary conditions and preventing epidemic diseases with optimism. Using exhibits, they believed they could make systemic issues visual to masses of people. Embedded within these visual displays were messages about individual action. In some cases, this meant changing hygienic practices. In other situations, this meant taking up action to inform public policy. Reformers and officials hoped that exhibits would energize America's populace to invest in protecting the public's health. Exhibiting Health is an analysis of the logic of the production and the consumption of this technique for popular public health education between 1900 and 1930. It examines the power and limits of using visual displays to support public health initiatives.
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- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Rutgers University Press
- Publication Date:18/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781978803305
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Rutgers University Press
- Publication Date:18/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781978803305
