Bodies/machines / edited by Iwan Rhys Morus
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| Titolo: |
Bodies/machines / edited by Iwan Rhys Morus
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| Link to work: |
Bodies/machines
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| Pubblicazione: |
Oxford ; New York : BERG, 2002
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| Estensione: | 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Tipo formato: | computer |
| Tipo contenuto: | text |
| Tipo supporto: | online resource |
| Disciplina: | 620.8/2 |
| Genere/Forma: | Electronic books |
| History | |
| Classificazione: | 54.72 |
| 54.01 | |
| Classificazione LOC: | TA166 .B618 2002eb |
| Creatori/Collaboratori: | Morus, Iwan Rhys, , 1964- |
| Contenuto supplementare: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-245) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Restrizioni accesso: | Access is restricted to users affiliated with licensed institutions. |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Eiproduzione: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| Requisiti sistema: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Note d'azione: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| ISBN: | 9781845208769 |
| 1845208765 | |
| 1859736904 | |
| 1859736955 | |
| 9781859736906 | |
| 9781859736951 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 005703620 |
| Localizzazioni e accesso elettronico | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=554588 |
| Collocazione: | Electronic access |
| Lo trovi qui: | New York University |
Altra ed. diverso supporto:
Print version: Bodies/machines. Oxford ; New York : BERG, 2002 9781859736906 (DLC) 2002007246 (OCoLC)49799481