{"product_id":"9781526163462","title":"Posters, Protests, and Prescriptions : Cultural Histories of the National Health Service in Britain by Jennifer Crane","description":"The National Health Service has provided Britain's healthcare since 1948. This institution has been the subject of tense political debate since its inception and has undergone a number of complex reforms and restructures. But the meanings of the NHS are not only - or even primarily - lived out in politics. Nearly every Briton comes into contact with the NHS - from cradle to grave - and this system of healthcare shapes society, culture and everyday life.  This book charts these multiple meanings, looking at the NHS as a site of work, activism and consumerism, as a space and in cultural representations. Looking in these ways, the book shows how and why the NHS has become a symbol of Britishness and an object of fierce protectiveness, even love, today.   An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312539840885,"sku":"9781526163462","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781526163462.jpg?v=1762822265","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781526163462","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}