A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire
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The "long nineteenth century" was an age of empire and empire builders, of state formation and expansion, and of colonial and imperial wars and conquest throughout most of the world. It was also an age that saw enormous changes in how people gave meaning to and made sense of the human body. Spanning the period from 1800 to 1920, this volume takes up a host of topics in the cultural history of the human body, including the rise of modern medicine...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1472554663
ISBN13:9781472554666
Release Date:January 2014
Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"
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