Shocking bodies : life, death & electricity in Victorian England / Iwan Rhys Morus.
Pubblicazione:
Stroud : History press, 2011.
Descrizione fisica:
220 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. prologue. Pt. 1. Tom Weems: 1. Tom Weems' body 2. Galvanism Britain 3. Galvanic Fashions 4. Body & Soul 5. Dissecting Tom Weems. Pt. 2. Ada Lovelace: 6. Knowing Ada 7. Electric universe 8. Galvanic medicine 9. Ada's laboratory. Pt. 3. Constance Phipps: 10. Lady Constance'spain 11. Electric frontier 12. Machinery of the body. Pt. 4. Mr. Jeffery: 13. Introducing mr. Jeffery 14. Electric entrepreneurs 15. Measure for measure 16. Harness on trial. Pt. 5. Back to the future: 17. Back to the future. Notes. Bibliography. Index
ISBN:
9780752458007
Altri titoli:
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