Medicine, Madness and Social History

Medicine, Madness and Social History
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Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages : 320
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Book Synopsis Medicine, Madness and Social History by : Roy Porter

Download or read book Medicine, Madness and Social History written by Roy Porter and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in honour of eminent historian Roy Porter by twenty of his colleagues and students, the collection renders cutting edge scholarship accessible. Historians from the three fields that Porter made his own - the histories of medicine, madness, and the Enlightenment - illustrate his influence while tackling major themes ranging from disability rights to the popularization of science. In their accounts, artisan gardeners jostle with anarchists, dentists, and hypnotists in a lively, and very Porterian, parade.


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