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082 0 4 _a362.109421/2
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100 1 _aKuchenbuch, David,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPioneering health in London, 1935-2000 :
_bthe Peckham Experiment /
_cDavid Kuchenbuch.
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2019.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aRoutledge studies in the history of science, technology and medicine ;
_v36
520 _a"The Peckham Experiment, conducted between 1935 and 1950 in the London Pioneer Health Centre, was one of the most talked-about social experiments of the 20th century. Families from the South London neighbourhood of Peckham were invited to use the facilities of a radiantly modern building. They were encouraged to freely choose and organize their leisure activities, taking advantage of a swimming pool, a gymnasium, and a self-service cafeteria. In doing so, both their health status and interaction with other members of the nascent centre-community were closely observed by a team of physicians. The first research monograph on the history of the experiment building on archival sources, this book combines a micro-historical perspective with methods from the history of science. It shows how bio-medical holism and evolutionary theories typical of the interwar years informed research on social life in the centre. But it also reveals that the "guinea pigs", too, were trying to make sense of the research they were taking part in. The outcome was an ambiguous social laboratory that generated new insights into the power of social groups to self-organize, which were soon discussed all over the world - and continue to haunt British political debates today"--
_cProvided by publisher.
505 0 _aIntroduction : a laboratory of the present? -- From C3 to A1 : reforming the working class family (1925-1931) -- St Mary's Road, S. E. 15 : new premises, initial routines? (1931-1935) -- "Living structure of society" : the magnum opus and its scientific context -- Looking through the bioscope : research and social interaction in the prewar centre (1935-1939) -- Interim findings -- The centre in photographs : visual stimulation and participant observation -- Guinea pigs : the members between participation and social control -- Missed opportunities : the centre and the welfare state (1939-1949) -- "The passing of Peckham" (1949-1959) -- "Peckham" after the Pioneer Health Centre and the changing discourse of health (1959) -- Preliminary conclusion : the Pioneer Health Centre as liberal missing link? -- The promise of Peckham : hidden legacies -- Epilogue.
588 _aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
610 2 0 _aPioneer Health Centre (Peckham, London, England)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCommunity health services
_zEngland
_zLondon.
650 0 _aFamilies
_xHealth and hygiene
_zEngland
_zLondon.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
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650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
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650 7 _aHEALTH & FITNESS / General
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650 7 _aHEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living
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650 7 _aHISTORY / General
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856 4 0 _3Taylor & Francis
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856 4 2 _3OCLC metadata license agreement
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