{"product_id":"medicating-modern-america-prescription-drugs-in-history-9780814783016","title":"Medicating Modern America: Prescription Drugs in History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Americans paying more than $200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor\/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedicating Modern America\u003c\/b\u003e examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives, tranquilizers, stimulants, statins, and Viagra. All of these drugs have been popular, profitable, influential, and controversial, and the authors take a historical approach to studying their development, prescription, and consumption. This perspective locates the histories of prescription medicines in specific cultural contexts while revealing the extent to which contemporary debates about pharmaceutical drugs echo concerns voiced by Americans in the past.\u003cbr\u003eExploring the rich and multi-faceted history of pharmaceutical drugs in the United States, \u003cb\u003eMedicating Modern America\u003c\/b\u003e unveils the untold stories behind America's pharmaceutical obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e include: Robert Bud, Jennifer R. Fishman, Jeremy A. Greene, David Healy, Suzanne White Junod, Ilina Singh, Andrea Tone, and Elizabeth Siegel Watkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Tone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814783016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTone, Andrea:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAndrea Tone\u003c\/b\u003e is Canada Research Chair in the Social History of Medicine at McGill University. She is the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eDevices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatkins, Elizabeth Siegel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Siegel Watkins\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of the History of Health Sciences at the University of California at San Francisco and the author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40492900384883,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_72be7349-4ef3-4979-9f9a-fb7eacb21de5.jpg?v=1664976755","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/medicating-modern-america-prescription-drugs-in-history-9780814783016","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}