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[[File:Eugenic_Nation.jpg|thumbnail|''Eugenic Nation'' by Alexandra Stein]] This is the Top Ten Social History of American Medicine Booklists. First, why did we leave Paul Starr’s The Social Transformation of American Medicine (Basic Books, 1984) off this Top Ten list? It is perhaps the best known American medical history book, and it is an essential reference. Pretty much anyone who has written about the history of American medicine has cited it. Should you read it? Yes. Check it out or buy it and skim the parts that interest you. It is probably the one book on the list that most historians are aware of and that is why we left it off.

 [[File: Conduct_Unbecoming_a_Woman.jpeg|thumbnail|''Conduct Unbecoming a Woman'' by Regina Morantz-Sanchez]]Second, we have only one book from Charles E. Rosenberg. We could have easily picked several books from him, but we did not want his books to take up the entire list. We picked The Cholera Years, because it is our favorite, but almost any of his other books could be on here.

#Regina Morantz-Sanchez, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/conduct-unbecoming-a-woman-medicine-on-trial-in-turn-of-the-century-brooklyn-9780195139280?partnerid=41307&p_ti Conduct Unbecoming a Woman: Medicine on Trial in Turn-of-the-Century Brooklyn]''''' (Oxford University Press, 2000)#Leslie Reagan, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/dangerous-pregnancies-mothers-disabilities-and-abortion-in-modern-america-9780520274570?partnerid=41307&p_ti Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America]''''' (University of California Press 2012)#Anderson, Warwick, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/colonial-pathologies-american-tropical-medicine-race-hygiene-in-the-philippines-9780822338437?partnerid=41307&p_ti Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines]''''' (Duke University Press, 2006)#Allan Brandt, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/no-magic-bullet-9780195042375?partnerid=41307&p_ti No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880]''''' (Oxford University Press, 1987)#Nayan Shah, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/contagious-divides-epidemics-race-in-san-franciscos-chinatown-9780520226296?partnerid=41307&p_ti Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown]''''' (University of California Press 20010)#Martin Pernick, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/calculus-of-suffering-9780231051873?partnerid=41307&p_ti A Calculus of Suffering: Pain, Professionalism and Anesthesia in Nineteenth-Century America]''''' (Columbia University, 1987)#Colin Gordon, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/dead-on-arrival-the-politics-of-health-care-in-twentieth-century-america-9780691119519?partnerid=41307&p_ti Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America]''''' (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004)#Charles E. Rosenberg, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/cholera-years-the-united-states-in-1832-1849-1866-9780226726779?partnerid=41307&p_ti The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866]''''' (University of Chicago Press, 1987)#Mohr, James, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/abortion-in-america-the-origins-evolution-of-national-policy-1800-1900-9780195026160?partnerid=41307&p_ti Abortion in America: The Origins and Evolution of a National Policy]''''' (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979)#Alexandra Stern, '''''[http://www.powells.com/book/eugenic-nation-faults-and-frontiers-of-better-breeding-in-modern-america-9780520244443?partnerid=41307&p_ti Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America]''''' (University of California Press, 2005)