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A Shared Toxic History (2020)

Heather F. Roller (Author)

American Historical Review
Volume: 125
Issue: 5
Pages: 1740-1750
Publication date: 2020
Language: English

URI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhaa509

DOI: 10.1093/ahr/rhaa509

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This essay is about the search for answers in family histories of illness, a search that may never end. It also explores how toxic exposure connects people—mothers and daughters, teachers and students—in unexpected ways. In the history classroom, the author finds new insights about environmental health in the shared experiences of course text authors, students, and families.

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