Allan M. Brandt Books
No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880
From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America requires us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical co...
Read MoreThe Cigarette Century
"The invention of mass marketing led to cigarettes being emblazoned in advertising and film, deeply tied to modern notions of glamour and sex appeal. It is hard to find a photo of Humphrey Bogart o...
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