Medicine, Madness and Social History: Essays in Honour of Roy Porter

Medicine, Madness and Social History: Essays in Honour of Roy Porter
ISBN-10
0230235352
ISBN-13
9780230235359
Category
Science
Pages
295
Language
English
Published
2007-06-15
Publisher
Springer
Authors
R. Bivins, J. Pickstone

Description

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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