{"product_id":"a-history-of-neglect-health-care-for-blacks-and-mill-workers-in-the-twentieth-century-south-paperback","title":"A History of Neglect: Health Care for Blacks and Mill Workers in the Twentieth-Century South - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward H. Beardsley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Winner of the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book examines the environmental, political, and economic forces that contributed to the poor health and substandard medical care of poor people in the US South, including the Black population and those working in mills. The author draws on a massive amount of hitherto untapped published and unpublished material, including interviews with the people involved, from Georgia and the Carolinas. \u003ci\u003eA History of Neglect\u003c\/i\u003e represents a thoroughly researched indictment of the failure of the southern medical, economic, and political establishment to respond to the suffering of the poor. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward H. Beardsley (1935-2023) was a professor of history at the University of South Carolina from 1966-1998. He was the author of three books of American history and medical care, including his award winning \u003ci\u003eA History of Neglect. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the father of NPR correspondent Eleanor Beardsley\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 9.02 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53486995308851,"sku":"9780870496356","price":48.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-neglect-health-care-for-blacks-and-mill-workers-in-the-twentieth-century-south-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}