A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire

by Michael Sappol, Stephen P. Rice, Stephen P. Rice

Book Overview

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: March 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.4"