Screen LibraryMedicine, madness and social history Essays in Honour of Roy Porter /
'...Roberta Bivins and John Pickstone are to commended in bringing together the various contributors; and the latter are likewise to be praised for the thoughtful and appreciative essays. This is a fine volume and a fine Tribute.' - John Stewart, Social History of Medicine 'The editor...
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'...Roberta Bivins and John Pickstone are to commended in bringing together the various contributors; and the latter are likewise to be praised for the thoughtful and appreciative essays. This is a fine volume and a fine Tribute.' - John Stewart, Social History of Medicine 'The editors and contributors also convey something of what it was about Porter's way of being a historian which touched, encouraged and in some cases inspired their lives and work. It makes for an attractive combination of the scholarly and the personal. There are eighteen essays, each short and making a point, and the re |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230525498, 2007. |
| Carrier Form: | 312 p. |
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9780230525498 9780230235359 : 0230235352 : |
| CLC: | C91-09 |
| Contents: | Note on Contributors/Remembering Roy Porter Introduction: 'De omni scribili'-- J.Pickstone & R.Bivins Roy Porter and the Persons of History-- H.Cook PART 1: THE SCIENCE OF HISTORY AND THE POLITICS OF SCIENCE Porter vs. Foucault on 'Birth of the clinic'-- A.Wilson The New History of the Enlightenment: An essay in the social history of social history-- P.Burke The Politics of Particularism: Medicalization and Medical Reform in 19th century Britain-- I.Burney Charles Babbage and George Birkbeck: Science, Reform and Radicalism-- D.Porter PART 2: BODIES, COMMODITIES AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCE French D |