Michael Sappol

A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire (English) Michael Sappol

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: Michael Sappol is a historian in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine in Washington, DC and author of "A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America."Stephen P. Rice is Professor of American Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey and author of "Minding the Machine: Languages of Class in Early Industrial America."Publisher Marketing: A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social, spiritual and cultural object. Volume 1: A Cultural History of the Human Body in Antiquity (1300 BCE - 500 CE) Edited by Daniel Garrison, Northwestern University. Volume 2: A Cultural History of the Human Body in The Medieval Age (500 - 1500) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University Volume 3: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400 - 1650) Edited by Linda Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University College London. Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London. Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age of Empire (1800 - 1920) Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College of New Jersey. Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Modern Age (1900-21st Century) Edited by Ivan Crozier, University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of Queensland. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters: 1. Birth and Death 2. Health and Disease 3. Sex and Sexuality 4. Medical Knowledge and Technology 5. Popular Beliefs 6. Beauty and Concepts of the Ideal 7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age, Disability and Disease 8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine and the Natural 9. Cultural Representations of the Body 10. The Self and Society This means readers can either have a broad overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body through history. Contributor Bio:  Sappol, Michael ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Sappol is the author of "A Traffic of Dead Bodies" (Princeton University Press, 2002) and a curator-historian at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, the world's largest medical library. Dr. Sappol received a Ph. D. in history, with distinction, from Columbia University in 1997. In addition to his scholarly works, he has written for the "Los Angeles Times," "Science "magazine and has been interviewed on National Public Radio. A long-time resident of New York City, he now makes his home in Washington, DC. Contributor Bio:  Rice, Stephen P Stephen P. Rice is Associate Professor of American Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Contributor Bio:  Rice, Jenny Anne Rice is the author of eighteen books. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, the poet and painter Stan Rice.