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Bodies/machines /
From reanimating dead bodies with electricity, through to the use of machines to render hysterics and the insane fit for reintroduction into society, this book conveys the dark truths behind our relationship with machines.
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
BERG,
2002.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 'A Great and Difficult Thing'; 3 England and the Machinery of Reason 1780 to 1830; 4 The Governor and the Telegraph; 5 A Grand and Universal Panacea; 6 'Instruments to Lay Hold of Spirits'; 7 Spot-watching, Bodily Postures and the 'Practised Eye'; 8 Bodies, Machines and Noise; Select Bibliography; Index.