{"product_id":"bargaining-for-life-barbara-bates-9780812231205","title":"Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938","description":"\u003cp\u003eTuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the United States during the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of patients and families, and by the turn of the century, fears of infectiousness compounded their anguish. Historians have usually focused on the changing medical knowledge of tuberculosis or on the social campaigns to combat it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a wide range of sources, especially the extensive correspondence of a Philadelphia physician, Lawrence F. Flick, in \u003ci\u003eBargaining for Life\u003c\/i\u003e Barbara Bates documents the human story by chronicling how men and women attempted to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain social relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Bates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0812231201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812231205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Barbara Bates","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48448978190591,"sku":"9780812231205","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2694abfd-4a01-4075-80c9-3a895e6b638e.jpg?v=1777261422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bargaining-for-life-barbara-bates-9780812231205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}