Neurology and Modernity: A Cultural History of Nervous Systems, 1800–1950 (2010)
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- Synopsis
- As people of the modern era were singularly prone to nervous disorders, the nervous system became a model for describing political and social organization. This volume untangles the mutual dependencies of scientific neurology and the cultural attitudes of the period 1800-1950, exploring how and why modernity was a fundamentally nervous state.
- Copyright:
- 2010
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780230278004
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780230233133
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 12/09/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Science, Psychology, Social Studies, Medicine
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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