A Modern History of the Body: Understanding, Treatment and Regulation in Western Society

by Gayle Davis

The human body is a subject of huge historical importance, and this book explores how powerful organisations in the fields of medicine and law have controlled how the body has been perceived and limited, often in the name of health, safety or virtue. Drawing on archival evidence and contemporary historiographical controversies, A Modern History of the Body explores how the body has been understood or interpreted, treated and controlled,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441164529
• ISBN13: 9781441164520
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 160 Pages