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

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 whi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bivins, Roberta (Editor), Pickstone, John V. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
History.
European History.
History of Early Modern Europe.
History of Medicine.
History of Psychology.
History of Science.
Modern History.
History, Modern.
Medicine > History.
Psychology.
Europe > History-1492-
Europe > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 295 pages)
ISBN:9780230235359
DOI:10.1057/9780230235359