Healing the Republic: The Language of Health and the Culture of Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century America

by Joan Burbick

Book Overview

In this study Joan Burbick interprets nineteenth-century narratives of health written by physicians, social reformers, lay healers and literary artists in order to expose the conflicts underlying the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521106737
• ISBN13: 9780521106733
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"