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A magisterial account of representations of the body in health, disease and death.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as... Læs mere
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The culmination of a lifelong interest in the metaphysics of the body by the premier social historian of medicine. How did we come to a modern understanding of our bodies and souls? What were the breakthroughs that allowed human beings to see themselves in a new light?
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For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the... Læs mere
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Looking at urban history, this work balances statistics with the words of historians, diarists and novelists, poets and churchmen such as: Pepys, Boswell, Fielding, Walpole,... Læs mere
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What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
This book presents a detailed account of how the discipline of geology developed between the mid-seventeenth century and the early nineteenth century.