The Body Electric : How Strange Machines Built the Modern American.

Between the years 1850 and 1950, Americans became the leading energy consumers on the planet, expending tremendous physical resources on energy exploration, mental resources on energy exploitation, and monetary resources on energy acquisition. A unique combination of pseudoscientific theories of hea...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De la Pena, Carolyn Thomas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2003.
Series:American history and culture.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Electrotherapeutics > United States > History > 20th century.
Electrotherapeutics > United States > History > 19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus > United States > History > 20th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus > United States > History > 19th century.
Quacks and quackery > United States > History > 20th century.
Quacks and quackery > United States > History > 19th century.
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Exercise Therapy > history
Electric Stimulation Therapy > history
Électrothérapie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Électrothérapie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Appareils et instruments > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Appareils et instruments > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Electrotherapeutics
Medical instruments and apparatus
Quacks and quackery
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The machine-built body
  • Measuring mechanical strength
  • Exploring electric limits
  • Powering the intimate body
  • ?Radiomania? limits the energy dream
  • Conclusion: the end of an era?

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