The Body Electric: How Strange Machines Built the Modern American

(Part of the American History and Culture Series Series)

by Carolyn Thomas de la Peña

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Between the years 1850 and 1950, Americans became the leading energy consumers on the planet, expending tremendous physical resources on energy exploration, mental resources on energy exploitation, and monetary resources on energy acquisition. A unique combination of pseudoscientific theories of health and the public's rudimentary understanding of energy created an age in which sources of industrial power seemed capable of curing the physical limitations...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0814719538

ISBN13:9780814719534

Release Date:May 2003

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:329 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"

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Allied Health Professions Allied Health Services Americas Clinical Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Education & Reference Exercise & Fitness Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting

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