Anxious Times by Amelia Bonea
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Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910
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Science Museums in Transition
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Anxious Times succeeds in historicizing nineteenth-century anxieties about modernity’s effects on the human body and mindBut it also underscores their legacies. . . . This book thus makes a strong case for why the nineteenth century remains relevant.
* Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Thick description of nineteenth-century anxieties will be a valuable resource for all scholars working on medicine and modernity.
* Victorian Studies *Anxious Times demonstrates that doctors and ordinary citizens were just as concerned about the effects of modern technology in the nineteenth century as people are today, and these earlier fears can be revealing. The authors take an original approach to the relationship between technological growth and public and medical perceptions of nervousness, physical debilitation, and mental illness by examining hidden, unexpected responses to overstimulation and bringing valuable new evidence to light.”
-- Laura Otis, Emory UniversityAmelia Bonea (Author)
Amelia Bonea is Lecturer in Global History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester.
Melissa Dickson (Author)
Melissa Dickson is a lecturer in Victorian literature at the University of Birmingham.
Sally Shuttleworth (Author)
Sally Shuttleworth is professor of English literature at the University of Oxford.
Jennifer Wallis (Author)
Jennifer Wallis is a teaching fellow in medical humanities at Imperial College London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822945512 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822945517 |
| Title | Anxious Times |
| Author | Amelia Bonea |
| Series | Sci And Culture In The Nineteenth Century Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-28 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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