James C Mohr: 3 books
Plague and Fire
Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
A little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become a U.S. territory. In this absorbing narrative, James Mohr tells the story of that fearful visitation and its fiery climax--a vast...
Licensed to Practice
The Supreme Court Defines the American Medical Profession
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Licensed to Practice begins with an 1891 shooting in Wheeling, West Virginia, that left one doctor dead and another on trial for his life. Formerly close friends, the doctors had fallen out over the issue of medical licensing. Historian James C. Mohr calls the murder "a sorry personal consequence...
by James C. Mohr
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 1979
The history of how abortion came to be banned and how women lost--for the century between approximately 1870 and 1970--rights previously thought to be natural and inherent over their own bodies is a fascinating and infuriating one.