Book Review The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America By Barron H. Lerner. 383 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. $30. 0-19-514261-6

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Book Review The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America By Barron H. Lerner. 383 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2001. $30. 0-19-514261-6

New England Journal of Medicine ◽

10.1056/nejm200111013451820 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 345 (18) ◽

pp. 1354-1354

Author(s):

Lundy Braun

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Oxford University ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America Barron H. LernerThe Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America Barron H. Lerner New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, xvi + 383 p., US $30.00

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History ◽

10.3138/cbmh.19.2.520 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 520-522

Author(s):

Charles Hayter

Keyword(s):

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New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Oxford University ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Book Review Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in Twentieth-Century America By Susan E. Lederer. 224 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2008. $35. 978-0-19-516150-2

New England Journal of Medicine ◽

10.1056/nejmbkrev0804702 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 359 (10) ◽

pp. 1079-1080

Author(s):

Hans Erik Heier

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Blood Transfusion ◽

Organ Transplantation ◽

Oxford University ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Ellen Leopold. A Darker Ribbon: Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors in the Twentieth Century. xii + 334 pp., illus., table, bibl., index. Boston: Beacon Press, 2000. $27.50.Barron H. Lerner. The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth‐Century America. xvi + 383 pp., illus., index. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. $30.

Isis ◽

10.1086/432334 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 95 (4) ◽

pp. 728-729 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shobita Parthasarathy

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Oxford University ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Barron H. Lerner. The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America. New York: Oxford University Press. 2001. Pp. xvi, 381. $30.00

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/106.5.1819 ◽

2001 ◽

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Oxford University ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America. By Gary Laderman (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xlii plus 245pp. $35.00)

Journal of Social History ◽

10.1353/jsh.2004.0143 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 541-543

Author(s):

R. V. Wells

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Cultural History ◽

Funeral Home ◽

Oxford University ◽

History Of ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Book Review False Hope: Bone Marrow Transplantation for Breast Cancer By Richard A. Rettig, Peter D. Jacobson, Cynthia M. Farquhar, and Wade M. Aubry. 355 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2007. $49.95. 978-0-19-518776-2

New England Journal of Medicine ◽

10.1056/nejmbkrev58584 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 357 (10) ◽

pp. 1059-1060 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel F. Hayes

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

New York ◽

Bone Marrow ◽

Bone Marrow Transplantation ◽

Marrow Transplantation ◽

Oxford University ◽

Oxford University Press

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Book ReviewsGary Laderman. Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth‐Century America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xlii+245 pp.; black and white illustrations, index. $35.00.

Winterthur Portfolio ◽

10.1086/421430 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 38 (2/3) ◽

pp. 169-173

Author(s):

Ann Bazzarone

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Cultural History ◽

Funeral Home ◽

Black And White ◽

Oxford University ◽

History Of ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Book Review Beginnings Count: The technological imperative in American health care (A Twentieth Century Fund Book.) By David J. Rothman. 189 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. $24.95. 0-19-511118-4

New England Journal of Medicine ◽

10.1056/nejm199801293380518 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 338 (5) ◽

pp. 336-337

Author(s):

Theodore R. Marmor

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Technological Imperative ◽

Oxford University ◽

American Health Care ◽

Twentieth Century Fund ◽

Oxford University Press

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Flesh and Blood: Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion in Twentieth-Century America. By Susan E. Lederer. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. xvi, 224 pp. $35.00, ISBN 978-0-19-516150-2.)

Journal of American History ◽

10.1093/jahist/96.3.877 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 96 (3) ◽

pp. 877-878

Author(s):

C. Hannaway

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Blood Transfusion ◽

Organ Transplantation ◽

Oxford University ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

Oxford University Press

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Matthew S. Hedstrom, The Rise of Liberal Religion: Book Culture and American Spirituality in the Twentieth Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013, $58.00). Pp. 278. isbn978 0 1953 7449 0. - Una M. Cadegan, All Good Books are Catholic Books: Print Culture, Censorship, and Modernity in Twentieth-Century America (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2013, $39.95). Pp. x + 230. isbn978 0 8014 5112 6.

Journal of American Studies ◽

10.1017/s0021875815002558 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

Author(s):

ROBERT E. BROWN

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Twentieth Century ◽

Print Culture ◽

Cornell University ◽

Oxford University ◽

Liberal Religion ◽

Twentieth Century America ◽

American Spirituality ◽

Oxford University Press ◽

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