Dear Dr. Spock

Dear Dr. Spock
Author: Michael S. Foley
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0814727433

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"Providing one of the first clear views of the home front during the war, Dear Dr. Spock collects the best of these letters and offers a window into the minds of ordinary Americans. They wrote to Spock because he was familiar, trustworthy, and controversial. His book Baby and Child Care was a staple on the shelves of most homes, second only to the Bible in the number of copies sold. Starting in the 1960s, his activism in the antinuclear and antiwar movements drew mixed reactions from Americans - some puzzled, some supportive, some angry, and some desperate."--Jacket.


Dear Dr. Spock
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Michael S. Foley
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11 - Publisher: NYU Press

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"Providing one of the first clear views of the home front during the war, Dear Dr. Spock collects the best of these letters and offers a window into the minds o
Dear Dr. Spock
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Michael S. Foley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-11-01 - Publisher: NYU Press

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At the height of the Vietnam War, thousands of Americans wrote moving letters to Dr. Benjamin Spock, America’s pediatrician and a high-profile opponent of the
Dr. Spock
Language: en
Pages: 572
Authors: Thomas Maier
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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Benjamin Spock may have had a greater effect on the everyday lives of more people than any other living American. His personal life, however, was shaken by fail
Dr. Spock Talks with Mothers, Etc
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Benjamin Spock
Categories:
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Language: en
Pages: 1220
Authors: James A. Henretta
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-09 - Publisher: Macmillan

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With fresh interpretations from two new authors, wholly reconceived themes, and a wealth of cutting-edge scholarship, the Fifth Edition of America: A Concise Hi