The Nazi War on Cancer
by Proctor, Robert N
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0691001960
- ISBN 13
- 9780691001968
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press , 1999. 2nd pr.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 380 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy. Author of an earlier groundbreaking work on Nazi medical horrors, Proctor began this book after discovering documents showing that the Nazis conducted the most aggressive antismoking campaign in modern history. Further research revealed that Hitler's government passed a wide range of public health measures, including restrictions on asbestos, radiation, pesticides, and food dyes. Nazi health officials introduced strict occupational health and safety standards, and promoted such foods as whole-grain bread and soybeans. These policies went hand in hand with health propaganda that, for example, idealized the Führer's body and his nonsmoking, vegetarian lifestyle. Proctor shows that cancer also became an important social metaphor, as the Nazis portrayed Jews and other "enemies of the Volk" as tumors that must be eliminated from the German body politic. Record # 206733
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- Title
- The Nazi War on Cancer
- Author
- Proctor, Robert N
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 2nd pr.
- ISBN 10
- 0691001960
- ISBN 13
- 9780691001968
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- History, Germany, , .
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