Christian Warren
Biographic Data
| ID | 5370640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Warren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Warren |
| SIGNATURE | WARREN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christian Warren is with the Department of History, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY. |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2838-307X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Nature Rx: Nothing New Under the Sun
Nature Rx: Nothing New Under the Sun? Christian Warren PhD Affiliation Christian Warren is with the Department of History, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Christian Warren, Associate Professor, Department of History, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Re…
Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post–World War II South (review)
Reviewed by Christian Warren New York Academy of Medicine Pete Daniel. Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post–World War II South. The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, in association with Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 2005. xii + 209 pp. Ill. $26.95 (0-8071-3098-2). At the heart of this compact book are the stories of Americans sickened …
Landscapes of Exposure: Knowledge and Illness in Modern Environments (review)
Reviewed by: Landscapes of Exposure: Knowledge and Illness in Modern Environments Christian Warren Gregg Mitman, Michelle Murphy, and Christopher Sellers , eds. Landscapes of Exposure: Knowledge and Illness in Modern Environments. Osiris, 2d ser., no. 19. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. 304 pp. Ill. $50.50 (cloth, 0-226-53249-6), $33.00 (paperbound, 0-226-53251-8). This informative and largely engaging collection of essays dives right…
Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution (review)
Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution. California / Milbank Books on Health and the Public, no. 6. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; New York: Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002. xx + 408 pp. Ill. $34.95 (0-520-21749-7)
Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning
In this highly engaging study, Christian Warren develops a broad critique of the lead industries, gas and paint manufacturers, and the scientific authorities who, for the most part, worked for them in the twentieth century. Warren follows in the steps of Craig Colten, Peter Skinner, and others who have argued that U.S. corporations' control of scientific knowledge visàvis specific toxic substances has shaped the country's slow adoption of meaning…
Toxic Purity: The Progressive Era Origins of America' s Lead Paint Poisoning Epidemic
This paper examines a pivotal moment in the history of the built environment in America. At the beginning of the twentieth century, factions within the American paint industry fought in state and federal legislatures over the definition of paint: What was pure paint? Were new paint formulations to be encouraged, or labeled “adulterated”? Was the known toxicity of lead to be a consideration? Despite some opponents' recourse to a rhetoric of toxici…
Northern Chills, Southern Fevers: Race-Specific Mortality in American Cities, 1730-1900
The author analyzes U.S. mortality trends by race from 1730 to 1900 using race-specific mortality data from northern and southern cities. [The article] begins with a description of differential mortality over latitude then considers time--over seasons years and decades. The bulk of the article analyzes factors contributing to these reported racial differences including housing diet medical care economics as well as epidemiological and hereditary …
Lung cancer mortality and smoking habits: Mexican-American women
Lung cancer mortality was reported to be higher among Mexican-American women as compared with Anglo women from 1950 until 1970; however, smoking habits of Mexican-American women have not been adequately described. This study updates lung cancer mortality data in Texas, describes smoking patterns of 1,255 Mexican-American women from a household survey in the four states bordering Mexico, and compares these findings to a reference group of Anglo wo…
Lung cancer mortality and smoking habits: Mexican-American women
Lung cancer mortality was reported to be higher among Mexican-American women as compared with Anglo women from 1950 until 1970; however, smoking habits of Mexican-American women have not been adequately described. This study updates lung cancer mortality data in Texas, describes smoking patterns of 1,255 Mexican-American women from a household survey in the four states bordering Mexico, and compares these findings to a reference group of Anglo wo…
Northern Chills, Southern Fevers: Race-Specific Mortality in American Cities, 1730-1900
The author analyzes U.S. mortality trends by race from 1730 to 1900 using race-specific mortality data from northern and southern cities. [The article] begins with a description of differential mortality over latitude then considers time--over seasons years and decades. The bulk of the article analyzes factors contributing to these reported racial differences including housing diet medical care economics as well as epidemiological and hereditary …
Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning
In this highly engaging study, Christian Warren develops a broad critique of the lead industries, gas and paint manufacturers, and the scientific authorities who, for the most part, worked for them in the twentieth century. Warren follows in the steps of Craig Colten, Peter Skinner, and others who have argued that U.S. corporations' control of scientific knowledge visàvis specific toxic substances has shaped the country's slow adoption of meaning…
Toxic Purity: The Progressive Era Origins of America' s Lead Paint Poisoning Epidemic
This paper examines a pivotal moment in the history of the built environment in America. At the beginning of the twentieth century, factions within the American paint industry fought in state and federal legislatures over the definition of paint: What was pure paint? Were new paint formulations to be encouraged, or labeled “adulterated”? Was the known toxicity of lead to be a consideration? Despite some opponents' recourse to a rhetoric of toxici…
Lung cancer mortality and smoking habits: Mexican-American women
Lung cancer mortality was reported to be higher among Mexican-American women as compared with Anglo women from 1950 until 1970; however, smoking habits of Mexican-American women have not been adequately described. This study updates lung cancer mortality data in Texas, describes smoking patterns of 1,255 Mexican-American women from a household survey in the four states bordering Mexico, and compares these findings to a reference group of Anglo wo…
Northern Chills, Southern Fevers: Race-Specific Mortality in American Cities, 1730-1900
The author analyzes U.S. mortality trends by race from 1730 to 1900 using race-specific mortality data from northern and southern cities. [The article] begins with a description of differential mortality over latitude then considers time--over seasons years and decades. The bulk of the article analyzes factors contributing to these reported racial differences including housing diet medical care economics as well as epidemiological and hereditary …
Toxic Purity: The Progressive Era Origins of America' s Lead Paint Poisoning Epidemic
This paper examines a pivotal moment in the history of the built environment in America. At the beginning of the twentieth century, factions within the American paint industry fought in state and federal legislatures over the definition of paint: What was pure paint? Were new paint formulations to be encouraged, or labeled “adulterated”? Was the known toxicity of lead to be a consideration? Despite some opponents' recourse to a rhetoric of toxici…
Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning
In this highly engaging study, Christian Warren develops a broad critique of the lead industries, gas and paint manufacturers, and the scientific authorities who, for the most part, worked for them in the twentieth century. Warren follows in the steps of Craig Colten, Peter Skinner, and others who have argued that U.S. corporations' control of scientific knowledge visàvis specific toxic substances has shaped the country's slow adoption of meaning…
Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution (review)
Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner. Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution. California / Milbank Books on Health and the Public, no. 6. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press; New York: Milbank Memorial Fund, 2002. xx + 408 pp. Ill. $34.95 (0-520-21749-7)
Landscapes of Exposure: Knowledge and Illness in Modern Environments (review)
Reviewed by: Landscapes of Exposure: Knowledge and Illness in Modern Environments Christian Warren Gregg Mitman, Michelle Murphy, and Christopher Sellers , eds. Landscapes of Exposure: Knowledge and Illness in Modern Environments. Osiris, 2d ser., no. 19. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004. 304 pp. Ill. $50.50 (cloth, 0-226-53249-6), $33.00 (paperbound, 0-226-53251-8). This informative and largely engaging collection of essays dives right…
Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post–World War II South (review)
Reviewed by Christian Warren New York Academy of Medicine Pete Daniel. Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post–World War II South. The Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, in association with Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 2005. xii + 209 pp. Ill. $26.95 (0-8071-3098-2). At the heart of this compact book are the stories of Americans sickened …
Nature Rx: Nothing New Under the Sun
Nature Rx: Nothing New Under the Sun? Christian Warren PhD Affiliation Christian Warren is with the Department of History, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY.CopyRightCorrespondence should be sent to Christian Warren, Associate Professor, Department of History, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889 (e-mail: [email protected]). Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Re…
History (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic history (2 works)