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Bodies Politic: Disease, Death and Doctors in Britain, 1650-1900 (Picturing History)
Bodies Politic Disease Death and Doctors in Britain 16501900 - Picturing History
Author: Roy Porter
In a historical tour de force, Roy Porter takes a critical look at representations of the body in death, disease and health, and at images of the healing arts in Britain from the mid-seventeenth to the twentieth century. Porter's key assumptions are that the human body is the chief signifier and communicator of all manner of meanings religious, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781861891655
ISBN-10: 1861891652
Publication Date: 3/28/2003
Pages: 328
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Publisher: Reaktion Books
Book Type: Paperback
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