(19 June 2019) Gale, a Cengage company, is introducing the first installment of its new Public Health Archives series. Public Health in Modern America, 1890-1970 examines the history of America’s public health systems and policy debates during the 20th century. This digital collection provides scholars and researchers access to thousands of rare and unique resources that explore the evolution of health care in the United States from the turn of the century well into the 1960s, highlighting the critical impact of public health policy on the American experience. Read Gale’s blog about this new archive.
Gale created Public Health in Modern America to address the lack of narratively focused content on the social, economic and public policy aspects of America’s public health history. While many digitized medical history collections exist, only Public Health in Modern America provides scholarly access to historical primary sources that unveil the “behind-the-scenes” story of America’s public health history, linking the immediate past with the current state of affairs as the fight over the future of America’s public health care continues.
More details on the series can be found here.
