History of science Books
Johns Hopkins University Press No Place Like Home A History of Nursing and Home
Book SynopsisBuhler-Wilkerson links local ideas about the formation and function of home-based services to national events and health care agendas, and she gives special attention to care of the "dangeroussick, particularly poor immigrants with infectious diseases, and the "uninterestingsick-those with chronic illnesses.Trade ReviewAnyone interested in understanding the origins of our ambivalent relationship with home care will find Karen Buhler-Wilkerson's book invaluable. Journal of the American Medical Association A compelling history with profound contemporary relevance. -- John Welshman New England Journal of Medicine Documents the persistence of the issues with which home-care agencies still struggle today. -- Suzanne Gordon The Nation This is a well-researched and balanced work that will capture the readers' interest... It is a wonderful addition to nursing historiography. -- Diane Hamilton Ph.D. R.N. Nursing History Review More than a history of a specialized branch of nursing, Karen Buhler-Wilkerson's book is a study of American values and priorities. -- Melanie Beals Goan Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 2003Table of ContentsContents: I. Inventing Home Care in the Nineteenth Century Trained Nurses for the Sick Poor Creating Their Own Domain: Ladies, Nurses, and the Sick PoorII.The Work and Reality"Treatment of Families in Which There Is Sickness" Caring in Its Proper Place: Race Relations at Home Lillian Wald and the Invention of Public Health Nursing Home Nursing Care - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: A Photo Essay III. Management and MoneyThe Business of Private Nursing A Cautionary Tale: The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's Home Care Experiment IV. Reinventing Home Care in the Mid-Twentieth Century "An Unchanging Purpose in a Changing World" Home Care Becomes the Fashion - Again Epilogue: The Future of Home Care
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Johns Hopkins University Press Science Rules
Book SynopsisIncluded is a famous nineteenth-century debate about scientific reasoning between the hypothetico-deductivist William Whewell and the inductivist John Stuart Mill; and an account of the realism-antirealism dispute about unobservables in science, with a consideration of Perrin's argument for the existence of molecules in the early twentieth century.Table of ContentsPart I: Descaries' Rationalism and Laws of Motion; 1. Descartes' Methodological Rules; 2. Descartes' Ontological Proof of God; 3. Descartes' Laws of Motion; 4. A Discussion of Descartes' Methodology; Part II: Newton's Inductivism and the Law of Gravity; 5. Newton's Methodological Rules; 6. Newton's "Phenomena" and Derivation of the Law of Gravity; 7. Newton on "Hypotheses," God, and Gravity; 8. Cohen's Discussion of Newton's Methodology; 9. Whewell's Critique of Newton's Methodology; Part III: Hypothetico-Deductivism, the Mill-Whewell Debate, and the Wave Theory of Light; 10. Young's Wave Theory of Light; 11. Whewell's Hypothetico-Deductivism; 12. Popper's Falsificationism; 13. Mill's Inductivism and Debate with Whewell; 14. The Mill-Whewell Debate; Part IV: Realism vs. Antirealism and Molecular Reality; 15. Duhem's Antirealism; 16. Van Fraassen's Antirealism; 17. Perrin's Realism and Argument for Molecules; 18. Salmon's Empirical Defense of Realism; 19. Realism and Perrin's Argument for Molecules; Part V: Galileo's Tower Argument and Rejections of Universal Rules of Method; 20. Galileo's Refutation of the Tower Argument; 21. Feyerabend's Rejection of Universal Rules; 22. A Critique of Feyerabend's Anarchism; 23. Kuhn's Rejection of Universal Rules; 24. A Discussion of Kuhn's "Values"
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Johns Hopkins University Press Reading Benedict Reading Mead Feminism Race and
Book SynopsisNewman, University of Florida; Dolores E. Janiewski, Victoria University of Wellington; Christopher Shannon, University of Notre Dame; Gerald Sullivan, University of Notre Dame; Sharon Tiffany, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater; Jean Walton, University of Rhode Island; Virginia Yans, Rutgers, the State University of New JerseyTrade Review"A handy compendium of current writing on Benedict and Mead - enormously informative, stimulating, and intellectually sound." - Howard Brick, Washington University, St. Louis"Table of ContentsIntroduction: Being and Becoming Ruth Benedict and Margaret MeadPart I: Becoming Benedict, Becoming MeadChapter 1. Woven Lives, Raveled Texts: Benedict,Mead, and Representational DoublenessChapter 2. "The Bo-Cu Plant": Ruth Benedict and GenderChapter 3. Margaret Mead, the Samoan Girl and the Flapper: Geographies of Selfhood in Coming of Age in SamoaPart II: Erasures and InclusionsChapter 4. Coming of Age, but Not in Samoa: Reflections on Margaret Mead's Legacy for Western Liberal FeminismChapter 5. "A World Made Safe for Differences": Ruth Benedict's The Chrysanthemum and the SwordChapter 6. White Maternity, Rape Dreams, and the Sexual Exile in A Rap on RacePart III: Imperial VisionsChapter 7. Of Feys and Culture Planners:Margaret Mead and Purposive Activity as ValueChapter 8. The Lady of the Chrysanthemum: Ruth Benedict and the Origins of The Chrysanthemum and the SwordChapter 9. Ruth Benedict's Obituary for Japanese CultureChapter 10. The Parable of Manus: Utopian Change, American Influence, and the Worth of WomenPart IV: Echoes and ReverberationsChapter 11. Imagining the South Seas:Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in Samoa and the Sexual Politics of ParadiseChapter 12. Symbolic Subordination and the Representation of Power in "Margaret Mead and Samoa"Chapter 13. Misconceived Configurations of Ruth BenedictPart V: Re-Thinking Benedict and MeadChapter 14. Margaret Mead: Anthropology's Liminal FigureChapter 15. "It is besides a pleasant English word"—Ruth Benedict's Concept of Patterns RevisitedChapter 16. On the Political Anatomy of Mead-bashing, or Re-thinking Margaret MeadNotesContributorsIndexIllustrations
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Johns Hopkins University Press Epidemics Laid Low A History of What Happened in
Book SynopsisEpidemics continue to threaten us today. What do our responses to these threats say about our priorities? Will the security of public health remain a privilege of a few powerful countries or will poorer countries benefit from the efforts of the rich to prevent the spread of disease inside their own borders?Trade ReviewBourdelais covers heavily traversed grounds in public health history, though providing his own insights along the way. -- Linda Bryder Health and History 2007Table of ContentsIntroduction to the English-Language EditionIntroduction1. The Plague EraFrom the Plague of the Philistines to Justinian's PlagueThe Black DeathThe Price of GrowthDecisions to Protect HealthBad Air—or Planetary Misalignment?Flagellants and PogromsThe Danse Macabre and the Apocalypse2. Modernity: New Concepts of the State and the BodyEconomies of ScaleThe Care of the BodyA Cure at Any CostThe Decline of MortalityFrom Helvétius to Vicq d'AzyrFresh Air and Clean WaterVaccination and the ElitesVaccination's Astonishing SuccessA Short-lived Success?3. Cholera: The Return of Epidemic Disease and the Abandonment of Traditional Protective MeasuresContagion or Infection?The Cholera Epidemic as a Natural ExperimentHealth through IsolationDisease as Population ControlThe Mobilization of Political and Technical ResourcesTurning Away from Traditional Protective Measures4. The "English System": New Methods Gain AcceptanceThe English InitiativeCleanliness or Poverty?The New QuarantineThe New Sanitary FrontierSocial Stigmatization and HealthThe War on SyphilisBlaming the Victims: New Mothers5. The Sanitary Reform Movement: From Miasma Theory to Departments of HealthSanitary ReformersMaternity Wars: Should They Be Closed Down?The Effects of Better NurtitionCity Health Departments, 1879–1900The Importance of Municipal Policies6. Vaccination: A Powerful ParadigmSmallpox Vaccination: The Difficult Road to AcceptanceBacteriology and New VaccinesPasteur's Laboratory InvestigationsTuberculosis: Feared, Resistant, and RomanticThe Twentieth Century: New Vaccines despite Theoretical UncertaintiesObjections to VaccinationOrganized Political Opposition7. The Era of Spectacular VictoriesBacteriology's Successes: Sulfamides and AntibioticsVictory over TuberculosisIndustrialization and the Expansion of DemandGovernment Programs8. The End of a Dream?Resistance and Emerging and Re-emerging InfectionsThe Thunderbolt: AIDSWhat about the Rest of the World?ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Nature Revealed Selected Writings 19492006
Book SynopsisWilson aficionados, along with readers discovering his work for the first time, will find in this collection a world of beauty, complexity, and challenge.Trade ReviewShowcases the biologist's special talents for extrapolating global theories from arcane and detailed research... Enlightening and thought-provoking. Library Journal 2006 Nature Revealed demonstrates, again and again, Wilson's endless capacity to put scientific findings into a broader context and to bridge gaps between disciplines. Nature 2006 E.O. Wilson's many contributions to science can hardly be summarized in a newspaper column, but the highlights are well preserved in Nature Revealed. -- Whit Gibbons Aiken Standard 2006 This book captures the key elements in this gifted explorer's complex journey so far. Choice 2006 This book is a treasure trove of ideas... It always rewards. -- J. Stewart British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 2008 Lucid and eminently readable... a valuable primer for those interested in the history of science. Quarterly Review of Biology 2008Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: Ants and Sociobiology1. Richteri, the fire ant2. Variation and adaptation in the imported fire ant3. The origin and evolution of polymorphism in ants4. Quantitative studies of liquid food transmission in ants5. The beginnings of nomadic and group-predatory behavior in the ponerine ants6. Source and possible nature of the odor trail of fire ants7. Chemical communication among workers of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Fr. Smith), 1. The organization ofmass-foraging8. Phermones9. The first Mesozoic ants10. The ergonomics of caste in the social insects11. The prospect for a unified sociobiology12. Slavery in ants13. Sociobiology: The new synthesis14. Sociobiology at century's end15. Human decency is animal16. Behavioral discretization and the number of castes in an antspecies17. The organization of colony defense in the ant Pheidole dentataMayr18. The number of queens: An important trait in ant evolution19. The ethical implications of human sociobiology20. Caste and division of labor in leaf-cutter ants21. Précis of Genes, Mind, and Culture22. The relation between caste ratios and division of labor in theant genus Pheidole23. The sociogenesis of insect colonies24. Between-caste aversion as a basis for division of labor in the ant Pheidole pubiventris25. The earliest known ants: An analysis of the Cretaceous species and an inference concerning their social organization26. The dominance of social insects27. The effects of complex social life on evolution and biodiversity28. Pheidole nasutoides, a new species of Costa Rican ant that apparently mimics termites29. In memory of William Louis Brown30. Ant plagues: A centuries-old mystery solvedPart II: Biodiversity Studies: Systematics and Biogeography31. The subspecies concept and its taxonomic application32. Character displacement33. Patchy distributions of ant species in New Guinea rain forests34. The nature of the taxon cycle in the Melanesian ant fauna35. An equilibrium theory of island biogeography36. A consistency test for phylogenies based on contemporaneous species37. The challenge from related species38. An estimate of the potential evolutionary increase in species density in the Polynesian ant fauna39. The species equilibrium40. The plight of taxonomy41. The biogeography of the West Indian ants42. Editor's foreword (from Biodiversity)43. The current state of biological diversity44. Threats to biodiversity45. The high frontier46. The origins of hyperdiversity47. A global biodiversity map48. On the future of conservation biology49. The encyclopedia of life50. Taxonomy as a fundamental disciplinePart III: Conservation and the Human Condition51. The conservation of life52. Applied biogeography53. Resolutions for the 80s54. The biological diversity crisis: A challenge to science55. Outcry from a world of wounds56. The little things that run the world57. The coming pluralization of biology and the stewardship of systematics58. Biophilia and the conservation ethic59. Is humanity suicidal?60. Consilience among the great branches of learning61. Integrated science and the coming century of the environmentAppendix: The Published Works of Edward O. WilsonIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Science and Religion 400 B.C. to A.D. 1550 From
Book SynopsisDespite some tensions in the thirteenth century, the Church and its theologians became favorably disposed toward science and natural philosophy and used them extensively in their theological deliberations.Trade ReviewScience and Religion should be required reading for all those teaching and researching in this area. -- Fraser F. Fleming Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 2006 Fascinating book. -- William R. Shea Archives Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences 2006 Grant gives his reader a good sense of the main trends and the rich tapestry of medieval thought. Journal of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences 2008Table of ContentsIllustrationsChronology of Events1. IntroductionThe Middle Ages: A Time ofo Ignorance and Barbarism? Or a Period of Striking Innovation?Religion and Science among the Greeks prior to the Emergence of ChristianityThe Propagation of ScienceBrief Descriptions of Chapters 2–82. Aristotle and the Beginnings of Two Thousand Years of Natural PhilosophyLifeWorksAchievementsAristotle's Cosmos and Natural PhilosophyThe Scope of Natural Philosophy3. Science and Natural Philosophy in the Roman EmpireThe Pre-Socratic Natural PhilosophersThe Emergence and Development of the Sciences in the Greek WorldThe Life SciencesThe Exact SciencesGreek Science in the Roman Empire to the Sixth Century a.d.4. The First Six Centuries of Christianity: Christian Attitudes toward Greek Philosophy and ScienceThe Mystery Religions and AstrologyThe Triumph of Christianity in the Roman WorldChristianity and the Pagan Intellectual WorldCommentaries on Genesis (Hexameral Treatises): The Christian Understanding of the Creation of the World5. The Emergence of a New Europe after the Barbarian InvasionsThe Latin EncyclopedistsWestern Europe at Its NadirThe New Europe in the Twelfth CenturyThe Beginnings of the New Natural Philosophy6. The Medieval Universities and the Impact of Aristotle's Natural PhilosophyThe Translations of Aristotle's Books on Natural PhilosophyUniversities in the Middle AgesTypes of Literature in Natural PhilosophyThe Relations between Natural Philosophy and Theology in the Thirteenth CenturyIs Theology a Science?7. The Interrelations between Natural Philosophy and Theology in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth CenturiesThe Influence of the Condemnation of 1277 on Natural PhilosophyThe Impact of Religion on Natural Philosophy in the Middle AgesThe Role of Natural Philosophy in TheologyThe Significance and Meaning of the Interaction between Natural Philosophy and TheologyRelations between Science and Religion in the Byzantine Empire, the World of Islam, and the Latin WestThe Byzantine EmpireIslamThe Latin WestPrimary Sources1. Roger Bacon, The "Opus Majus" of Roger Bacon2. Giles of Rome, Errores Philosophorum3. Saint Bonaventure, On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)4. Saint Thomas Aquinas, On the Eternity of the World (De Aeternitate Mundi)5. Albert of Saxony, Questions on [Aristotle's] On the Heavens6. Nicole Oresme, Le Livre du ciel et du mondeAnnotated BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Studies in EighteenthCentury Culture Volume 36
Book SynopsisUndertaking critical investigation of eighteenth-century ideas and practices, this book discusses the possibilities and limitations of print; royal portraiture, the sentimental novel, and botanical classification through the categories of gender; and, the European experience in the 1700s.Trade ReviewA challenging, but rewarding, collection of essays, each of which contributes to our understanding of the long eighteenth century... TheThe volume is carefully edited and beautifully illustrated. It will be a valuable resource for many years. -- Christopher D. Johnson Eighteenth Century: Current BibliographyTable of ContentsJames Swenson, Critique, Progress, Autonomy; Eve Tavor Bannet, Printed Epistolary Manuals and the Rescripting of Manuscript Culture; Madeleine Forell Marshall, Late Eighteenth-Century Public Reading, with Particular Attention to Sheridan's Strictures on Reading the Church Service (1789); Daniel Rosenberg, Joseph Priestley and the Graphic Invention of Modern Time; Jennifer G. Germann, Fecund Fathers and Missing Mothers: Louis XV, Marie Leszczinska, and the Politics of Royal Parentage in the 1720s; Mary McAlpin, Julie's Breasts, Julie's Scars: Physiology and Character in La Nouvelle Heloise; Ann B. Shteir, Flora primavera or Flora meretrix? Iconography, Gender, and Science; Karen Melvin, A Potential Saint Thwarted: Religion and the Politics of Sanctity in Late-Eighteenth Century New Spain; Margaret R. Ewalt, Christianity, Coca, and Commerce in the Peruvian Mercury; Howard Irving, Haydn and the Politics of the Picturesque; Richard Wittman, The Hut and the Altar: Architectural Origins and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France; Goran Blix, The Occult Roots of Realism: Balzac, Mesmer, and Second Sight.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Leprosy in Premodern Medicine
Book SynopsisHe finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients.Trade ReviewTo date, the most thorough examination of how contemporaries understood leprosy and dealt with its sufferers. Apria Healthcare 2008 Demaitre's compelling work is engaging and informative... I recommend this work highly. -- Wendy J. Turner, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2008 Demaitre's book is a very good read not only for its information about leprosy but also for all interested in or affected by the social phenomenon of stigma. -- Karin M. Schmitt Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2007 In this meticulously researched and beautifully written study, Luke Demaitre provides a comprehensive examination of leprosy in premodern medicine. -- Rachel Scott Spectrum: Journal of State Government 2009 Demaitre provides a well-written, scholarly, and accessible book that affords a holistic view of leprosy in premodern medicine as seen in historical documents... This book will be an important resource particularly for medical historians and paleopathologists but will be of interest to the medical profession. -- Charlotte A. Roberts The Historian 2010Table of ContentsIntroductionAcknowledgments1. The Sources: Texts and Contexts2. Iudicium leprosorum: Medical Judgment3. The Many Labels of Leprosy4. Definitions and Explanations5. "Une maladie contagieuse et héréditaire"6. Causes, Categories, and Correlations7. Diagnosis: Signs and Symptoms8. Prognosis, Prevention, and TreatmentConclusionNotesIndex
£44.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Intensely Human The Health of the Black Soldier
Book SynopsisHumphreys shows how, despite sympathetic and responsible physicians' efforts to expose the truth, the stereotype of black biological inferiority prevailed during the war and after.Trade ReviewFills a void in the literature on the health of black soldiers in the war. -- James M. Schmidt Civil War News 2008 We still have much to learn from the Civil War as we confront issues of race, socioeconomic status, and health in 2008 and beyond. -- Sarah B. Dine Health Affairs Intensely Human is a well written, valuable work. -- A. A. Nofi The NYMAS Review 2008 It is hard to imagine that any scholar today could research a topic on the Civil War that others have not address previously. Margaret Humphreys... has done just that...Humphrey's depth of knowledge in modern medical science informs this book at every turn, allowing a reader to understand the physiological implications of what she reveals. -- Sally G. mcMillen Civil War Book Review 2008 Its lucid, balanced interpretation makes it an excellent primer on tough issues of race, medical thought, and medical practice. -- Steven M. Stowe American Historical Review 2008 Well written, interesting, and informative. The narrative is honest and straightforward, and Intensely Human gives readers some insight into current health disparities. -- Lynn C. Smitherman, MD JAMA 2009 [Humphreys] underscores the callousness, corruption, disrespect, incompetence, and neglect by government medical officials toward black soldiers. Choice 2009 Intensely Human is a meticulously researched and well-written book. -- LTC Roger D. Cunningham on Point 2008 Intensely Human fills a void in the emerging study of medical treatment for black soldiers. -- Rhonda M. Kohl Arkansas Historical Quarterly 2009 Shows how a careful regard for both historical thought and the historical record can deepen our understanding of racial disparities in health and health care. -- Sarah B. Dine Health Affairs 2008 A valuable examination of an important topic. The text merits reading by those interested in the Civil War, the medical history of the conflict, and in the military service of African Americans. -- Tom Phillips Journal of America's Military Past 2008 A major strength of Intensely Human is Humphrey's careful attention to how the struggles of African American soldiers with disease and illness were contextual. -- Chad L. Williams Journal of African American History 2009 Provides a compelling insight. -- Teresa M. O'Neill, RNC, PhD Nursing History Review 2010 Mary Humphreys has written a thoroughly researched and intrinsically valuable study which is assured to enrich knowledge and understanding of the racialized nature of Civil War treatment. -- Cheryl Wells Journal of Social History 2010Table of ContentsPreface1. The Black Body at War2. The Pride of True Manhood3. Biology and Destiny4. Medical Care5. Region, Disease, and the Vulnerable Recruit6. Louisiana7. Death on the Rio Grande8. Telling the StoryEpilogueNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Horse People Thoroughbred Culture in Lexington
Book SynopsisCassidy's investigation reveals the factors-ethical, cultural, political, and economic-that have shaped the racing tradition.Trade ReviewCombining thorough research with an excellent writing style, this volume goes beyond such personal accounts as Jane Smiley's A Year at the Races (2004) and Nan Mooney's My Racing Heart (2002). Not about the sport of horseracing per se, this is an entertaining and enjoyable anthropological study of the relationships between humans and animals. Choice 2008 Cassidy has created an engaging study that would appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in horse racing. -- Jeff Meyer Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 2007 [A] comprehensive and entertaining book. -- Margaret Taylor Journal of the Royal Anthropological Inst. 2009Table of ContentsPreface1. Histories2. The Right to Be Well Born3. The Horseman Makes the Horse4. The Centers of the World5. Stud Farm6. Auction7. Training8. Racing TodayEpilogueNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Civil War Ironclads
Book SynopsisContrary to widespread belief, Roberts concludes, the ironclad program set Navy shipbuilding back a generation.Trade ReviewAn important study of institutional response to a new technology that holds lessons for today. Choice 2003 In this impressively researched and broadly conceived study, William Roberts offers the first comprehensive study of one of the most ambitious programs in the history of naval shipbuilding, the Union's ironclad program during the Civil War. Perhaps more importantly, Roberts also provides an invaluable framework for understanding and analyzing military-industrial relations, an insightful commentary on the military acquisition process, and a cautionary tale on the perils of the pursuit of perfection and personal recognition. -- Robert Angevine Journal of Military History Well researched... Any Civil War scholar or naval historian, regardless of specialty, will find something of interest in the volume. -- James E. Sefton History: Reviews of New Books Well-conceived and well-written... One of the strengths of the book is the author's comparison of ironclad-building efforts with modern military-industrial efforts such as the Polaris Fleet Ballistic missile program. -- David Surdam EH.Net Roberts does an excellent job detailing the rise and fall of the [monitor-building] programs, including the major design elements and changes that contributed to the debacle. He skillfully weaves in the key operations that disclosed the monitors' shortcomings... Every major character involved is presented... Civil War Ironclads is an excellent addition to the literature of the period. -- Donald L. Canney Nautical Research Journal 2003 Roberts's study, illuminating on many fronts, is a welcome addition to our understanding of the Union's industrial mobilization during the Civil War and its inadvertent effects on the postwar U.S. Navy. -- William M. McBride Technology and Culture 2004 [A] readable and well-researched account of Civil War ironclad production. -- Benjamin Franklin Cooling Journal of American History 2004 This is an important book that should be in the library of all those interested in the Civil War at sea. -- Spencer C. Tucker North and South 2004 A valuable read for the specialist in Civil War navies. NYMAS Review 2008 Civil War Ironclads could easily be a case study to accompany any text in the history of technology or management. Anyone concerned with managing complex technology, of which building warships is still among the most complex, will be able to apply lessons learned. -- Kathy Crewdson and Ian Dew The Northern Mariner 2007Table of ContentsContents: List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1 "I Have Shouldered This Fleet" - Gustavus Fox and "Monitor Mania" 2 Forging the Fleet - Alban C. Stimers and the Passaic Project 3 The Navy Looks West 4 Mobilization on the Ohio River 5 Miserable Failures - Combat Lessons and Political Engineering 6 A Million of Dollars - The Price of "Continuous Improvement" 7 Progress Retarded - The Harbor and River Monitors, 1863-1864 8 The Sudden Destruction of Bright Hopes - The Downfall of the General Inspector 9 Good for Fifty Years - Winding Down the Mobilization 10 Additions, Alterations, and Improvements - Reversing Technological Momentum Appendix Tabular Data for Passaic- and Tippecanoe-Class Monitors Abbreviations Notes Essay on Sources Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Hope and Suffering
Book SynopsisThis engaging study will be of interest to historians, medical practitioners and researchers, and people whose lives have been altered by cancer.Trade ReviewKrueger has written an important book. -- Barron Lerner Lancet 2008 Hope and Suffering is an apt title for this dense, encyclopedic, and riveting book. It includes narratives from patients and their family members that detail the hope, suffering, and despair of the first two decades of cancer therapy, followed by the optimism and successes of the present...Author Gretchen Krueger recounts these stories in considerable detail and references them exquisitely. New England Journal of Medicine 2009 It would be of value in any medical humanities course. -- Emm Barnes Medical History 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. "Glioma Babies," Families, and Cancer in Children in the 1930s2. "Cancer, The Child Killer": Jimmy and the Redefinition of a Dread Disease3. Death Be Not Proud: Children, Families, and Cancer in Postwar America4. "Against All Odds": Chemotherapy and the Medical Management of Acute Leukemia in the 1950s5. "Who's Afraid of Death on the Leukemia Ward?": Remission, Relapse, and Child Death in the 1960s and 1970s6. "The Truly Cured Child": Prolonged Survival and the Late Effects of CancerConclusionNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Atmospheric Science at NASA A History New Series
Book SynopsisAtmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved-among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military.Trade ReviewComprehensive history... recommended. Choice As one of the latest books in the New Series in NASA History, Conway's project introduces a new aspect of space science that will be of interest to scholars of this field. -- Kristine C. Harper American Historical Review Excellent. -- Roger D. Launius QuestTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Establishing the Meteorology Program2. Developing Satellite Meteorology3. Constructing a Global Meteorology4. Planetary Atmospheres5. NASA Atmospheric Research in Transition6. Atmospheric Chemistry7. The Quest for a Climate Observing System8. Missions to Planet Earth: Architectural Warfare9. Atmospheric Science in the Mission to Planet EarthConclusionEpilogueNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Making Cancer History Disease and Discovery at
Book SynopsisA cancer survivor who has himself been treated at the center, Olson imbues this history with humor, passion, and humanity.Trade ReviewOlson illuminates the struggle to understand and treat cancer in the United States. As a cancer survivor treated at the center, Olson imbues M.D. Anderson's history with humor, passion and humanity. Oncology Nursing Forum 2009 A meticulously researched and well-written book... Making Cancer History is a good read and well worth a look. -- Helen Valier Social History of Medicine 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. R. Lee Clark, History, and the Dread Disease2. Present at the Creation3. Designing a Dream, 1946–19504. The Pink Palace, 1950–19555. Changing Paradigms, 1956–19636. M. D. Anderson and the Rise of Medical Oncology, 1964–19697. The Summit, 1970–19718. Waging War and Fading Away, 1971–19779. Charles A. LeMaistre and the Consolidation of Excellence, 1978–198310. Chasing the Devil, 1984–198811. Victory, Defeat, and an Elusive Enemy, 1988–199612. John Mendelsohn and the New Frontiers in Oncology, 1996–200013. New Offensives, 2001–200714. Tipping History?EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
£35.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Pursuing Power and Light Technology and Physics
Book SynopsisHunt translates his often-demanding material into engaging and accessible language suitable for undergraduate students of the history of science and technology.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Choice 2010 Pursuing Power and Light is the best and most up-to-date treatment, especially for undergraduates, of the key concepts and figures of 19th-century physics. -- Robert Friedel Physics Today 2011 Essential reading both for students in engineering and the sciences and for those in HPS departments... enjoyable and very interesting reading. -- Stathis Arapostathis Metascience 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A World Transformed1. Steam and Work2. Energy and Entropy3. The Kinetic Theory: Chaos and Order4. Electricity: Currents and Networks5. Electromagnetism: Ether and Field6. Electric Power and Light7. Into a New CenturyEpilogue: Einstein at the Patent OfficeSuggested Further ReadingIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Never Pure
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging and intensely interdisciplinary collection by one of the most distinguished historians and sociologists of science represents some of the leading edges of change in the scholarly understanding of science over the past several decades.Trade ReviewWhat makes his essays so enjoyable and alive... is their leaping range of reference, always running one step ahead and urging us to catch up. -- Jenny Uglow New York Review of Books 2010 Professor Shapin has a sense of humor, a good eye for an anecdote and the ability to turn a phrase. -- Katherine Bouton New York Times 2010 While it might not be for novices, anyone who is interested in how and why science enjoys a privileged position as a source of knowledge should read Shapin's take on the authority given to it vis-a-vis religion and morality, why it is compliment to be both a gentleman and a scholar, and why it matters whether Newton ate chicken or Darwin farted. Seed Magazine 2010 An impressive work and one that scientists will benefit from reading. Shapin reminds us that... neither scientists nor science itself can be separated from the context of peoples' minds, bodies, cultures, societies. Expectations based on any other understanding are simply unrealistic. -- Sam Lemonick Chemical and Engineering News 2010 He is a graceful and engaging essayist, and the ample selection of essays in Never Pure ... affords an excellent basis for reflecting on what he has had to say about the life of science. -- Robert E. Kohler Science 2010 Never Pure will enrich the bookshelf of any historian of science. -- Katy Barrett Endeavour 2010Table of ContentsPreface1. Lowering the Tone in the History of Science: A Noble CallingPart I: Methods and Maxims2. Cordelia's Love: Credibility and the Social Studies of Science3. How to Be Antiscientific4. Science and Prejudice in Historical PerspectivePart II: Places and Practices5. The House of Experiment in Seventeenth-century England6. Pump and Circumstance: Robert Boyle's Literary TechnologyPart III: The Scientific Person7. "The Mind Is Its Own Place": Science and Solitude in Seventeenth-century England8. "A Scholar and a Gentleman": The Problematic Identity of the Scientific Practitioner in Seventeenth-century England9. Who Was Robert Hooke?10. Who Is the Industrial Scientist? Commentary from Academic Sociology and from the Shop Floor in the United States, ca. 1900–ca. 1970Part IV: The Body of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Body11. The Philosopher and the Chicken: On the Dietetics of Disembodied Knowledge12. How to Eat Like a Gentleman: Dietetics and Ethics in Early Modern EnglandPart V: The World of Science and the World of Common Sense13. Trusting George Cheyne: Scientific Expertise, Common Sense, and Moral Authority in Early Eighteenth-century Dietetic Medicine14. Proverbial Economies: How an Understanding of Some Linguistic and Social Features of Common Sense Can Throw Light on More Prestigious Bodies of Knowledge, Science for Example15. Descartes the Doctor: Rationalism and Its TherapiesPart VI: Science and Modernity16. Science and the Modern WorldNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Estrogen Elixir A History of Hormone
Book SynopsisDrawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent book, and one I would heartily recommend to anyone with an interest in the history of the health sciences or the history of the women's movement. Doody's Review Service 2007 Much has been written about post-menopausal estrogen therapy... This wonderful book tells the story. -- Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2007 A good read. -- Wulf H. Utian Journal of Clinical Investigation 2008 The Estrogen Elixir sets a high standard for future histories of pharmaceuticals and of aging. -- Jimmy Elaine Wilkinson Meyer Journal of American History 2007 This book takes an in-depth, socially analytical look at the evolution of menopausal hormone therapy in the United States, with a focus on estrogen since its discovery... Watkins tells the story accurately and objectively. No accusations and no praise, just the facts. -- K. Eddie Gabry, MD, MS JAMA 2008 Watkins provides a fascinating, multi-faceted study of HRT, leaving no voices out of the debate. -- Wendy Kline History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 2007 Watkins presents a detailed account of the historical record of the subject. -- Carlos Sonnenschein Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2008 More than a medical history of HRT. It is also a history of the medicalization of women's health and changing cultural attitudes toward aging, femininity, female identity, women's health activism, and the science of drug evaluations. -- Dominique Tobbel Chemical Heritage Magazine 2008 A fascinating aspect of Watkins's story is how drugs can be rebranded in the face of falling sales. -- Bruno J. Strasser Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences 2008 A significant work on the social history of American medicine and a major contribution to the growing literature on hormonal therapeutics and research. -- Chandak Sengoopta Isis 2008 Estrogen Elixir has many strengths... a commendable and welcome addition to emerging literature in modern women's health history. -- Suzanne Junod, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Beginnings2. From the ''Neutral Gender'' to ''Feminine Forever''3. Selling Estrogen to Doctors4. Selling Estrogen to Women5. From Hero to Villain: Estrogen and Endometrial Cancer6. Enter the Feminists: Informing Women about Estrogen7. Enter the FDA: A Patient Package Insert for Estrogen8. Resurrecting Estrogen, I: Osteoporosis and Medical Science9. Resurrecting Estrogen, II: Osteoporosis and American Culture10. Skeptics and Believers: Varieties of Women's Responses11. Weighing the Benefits and Risks of HRT: Estrogen, Heart Disease, and Breast Cancer12. 1992: The Year of the Menopause13. Meno-Boomers: Another Generation Confronts Estrogen14. The ''Gold Standard'': Estrogen and the Randomized Controlled TrialsNotesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Three Shots at Prevention The HPV Vaccine and the
Book SynopsisThe most common sexually transmitted infection, HPV causes cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, and anus. When the HPV vaccine first came to the market in 2006, it immediately grabbed attention. This book explores the national arguments and global disputes surrounding the hotly controversial HPV vaccine.Trade ReviewWell written and well researched. It is a valuable addition to the fields of public health, public policy, and pharmaceutical marketing. Choice 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. A Cancer Vaccine for Girls? HPV, Sexuality, and the New Politics of PreventionVaccine Time LinesPart I: The Known and the Unknown: Vaccination Decisions amid Risk and UncertaintyChapter 1. The Coercive Hand, the Benefi cent Hand: What the History of Compulsory Vaccination Can Tell Us about HPV Vaccine MandatesChapter 2. Gardasil: A Vaccine against Cancer and a Drug to Reduce RiskChapter 3. HPV Vaccination Campaigns: Masking Uncertainty, Erasing ComplexityChapter 4. The Great Undiscussable: Anal Cancer, HPV, and Gay Men's HealthChapter 5. Cervical Cancer, HIV, and the HPV Vaccine in BotswanaPart II: Girls at the Center of the Storm: Marketing and Managing Gendered RiskChapter 6. Safeguarding Girls: Morality, Risk, and ActivismChapter 7. Producing and Protecting Risky GirlhoodsChapter 8. Re- Presenting Choice: Tune in HPVPart III: Focus on the Family: Parents Assessing Morality, Risk, and Opting OutChapter 9. Parenting and Prevention: Views of HPV Vaccines among Parents Challenging Childhood ImmunizationsChapter 10. Decision Psychology and the HPV VaccineChapter 11. Nonmedical Exemptions to Mandatory Vaccination: Personal Belief, Public Policy, and the Ethics of RefusalChapter 12. Sex, Science, and the Politics of Biomedicine: Gardasil in Comparative PerspectivePart IV: In Search of Good Government: Eu rope, Africa, and America at the Crossroads of Cancer PreventionChapter 13. Vaccination as Governance: HPV Skepticism in the United States and Africa, and the North- South DivideChapter 14. Public Discourses and Policymaking: The HPV Vaccination from the Europe an PerspectiveChapter 15. HPV Vaccination in Context: A View from FranceNotes on Contributors Index
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Scarecrow Press Early American Scientific and Technical
Book Synopsis"...useful to researchers in the history of science and in early American history." —ARBATrade Review... will be most useful.... no other title with the scope of this one.... recommended... * Marion S. Muskiewicz, Rq *... useful to researchers in the history of science and in early American history. * American Reference Books Annual *... a useful research tool... -- H. Lowood * CHOICE *The annotations are uniformly concise, specific, and clear.... succeeds in placing works in their logical categories.... The two indexes are indispensable and well done.... both an interesting work in itself and a useful research tool. * Joseph F. Ceccio, The Technical Writing Teacher *
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Random House USA Inc Money for Nothing
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University of Arizona Press SCIENCE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
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University of Arizona Press Beyond Earths Edge The Poetry of Spaceflight
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University of Pittsburgh Press Drugs on the Page
Book SynopsisExamining the Circulation, Commodification, and Organization of Healing Goods and Healing Knowledge
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Master Books The New Answers Book PB 1 New Answers Master
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Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. John Dee Ibis Western Mystery Tradition
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Newberry Library Two by Two Twentytwo Pairs of Maps from the
Book SynopsisThis volume featues 22 pairs of maps from the Newberry Library which together illustrate 500 years of Western cartographic history.
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The University of Akron Press The Aim and Progress by Psychology and Other
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Lectures In Japanese About Significant Events In
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) The Sirens of Mars
Book Synopsis“Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of Mars in this celebration of human curiosity, passion, and perseverance.”—Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s DreamsWINNER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD FOR SCIENCE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Times (UK) • Library Journal “Lovely . . . Johnson’s prose swirls with lyrical wonder, as varied and multihued as the apricot deserts, butterscotch skies and blue sunsets of Mars.”—Anthony Doerr, The New York Times Book Review Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea,
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St. Martin's Press A Taste for Poison
Book SynopsisA fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains. --Kathy ReichsA brilliant blend of science and crime, A TASTE FOR POISON reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body--through the murders in which they were used. As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduringand popularweapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict? In a fascinating blend of popular science, medical history, and true crime, Dr. Neil Bradbury explores this most morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimessome notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolvedare the equally compelling storie
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St. Martin's Griffin A Taste for Poison
Book SynopsisA fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains. --Kathy ReichsA brilliant blend of science and crime, A Taste for Poison reveals how eleven notorious poisons affect the body--through the murders in which they were used. As any reader of murder mysteries can tell you, poison is one of the most enduringand popularweapons of choice for a scheming murderer. It can be slipped into a drink, smeared onto the tip of an arrow or the handle of a door, even filtered through the air we breathe. But how exactly do these poisons work to break our bodies down, and what can we learn from the damage they inflict?In a fascinating blend of popular science, medical history, and true crime, Dr. Neil Bradbury explores this most morbidly captivating method of murder from a cellular level. Alongside real-life accounts of murderers and their crimessome notorious, some forgotten, some still unsolvedare the equally compelling
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St Martin's Press The Reason for the Darkness of the Night
Book SynopsisFinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for the 2022 Edgar AwardWinner of the 2021 Quinn AwardAn innovative biography of Edgar Allan Poehighlighting his fascination and feuds with science.Decade after decade, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most popular American writers. He is beloved around the world for his pioneering detective fiction, tales of horror, and haunting, atmospheric verse. But what if there was another side to the man who wrote The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher?In The Reason for the Darkness of the Night, John Tresch offers a bold new biography of a writer whose short, tortured life continues to fascinate. Shining a spotlight on an era when the lines separating entertainment, speculation, and scientific inquiry were blurred, Tresch reveals Poe's obsession with science and lifelong ambition to advance and question human knowledge. Even as he composed dazzling works of fiction, he rema
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Cambridge University Press History and Systems of Psychology
Book SynopsisHistory and Systems of Psychology provides an engaging introduction to the rich story of psychology's past. Retaining the clarity and accessibility praised by readers of earlier editions, this classic textbook provides a chronological history of psychology from the pre-Socratic Greeks to contemporary systems, research, and applications. The new edition also features expanded coverage of Eastern as well as Western traditions, influential women in psychology, professional psychology in clinical, educational, and social settings, and new directions in twenty-first century psychology as a cognitive and a positive science. Assuming little prerequisite knowledge, the authors discuss the people, places, and concepts that have shaped psychology's story, and show that we remain fascinated by the same enduring questions that confronted our ancestors - namely, our wonder at our subjectivity and consciousness of self. The seventh edition is fully supported by robust pedagogical features, instructo
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WW Norton & Co The Bald Eagle
Book SynopsisBest Books of the Month: Wall Street Journal, Kirkus Reviews From the Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Gulf, a sweeping cultural and natural history of the bald eagle in America.Trade Review"Davis, the Pulitzer-winning author of The Gulf, makes clear in his rollicking, poetic, wise new book that cultural and political history are an integral part of this natural history, not to be omitted if we want to tell the whole story.... Along with the famous humans, Davis never neglects the birds themselves.... Davis shines at most everything in this exuberantly expansive book, but especially at highlighting individual birds like the translocated ones making their way in the world. With eagle numbers now estimated at levels they were before 'America became America,' their comeback is astonishing." -- Vicki Constantine Croke - New York Times Book Review"An impressive work of scholarship . . . . if you have any questions about our national bird, Mr. Davis’s The Bald Eagle is a great place to look for answers." -- Bill Heavey - Wall Street Journal"Jack E. Davis wants it very clearly understood that a bald eagle cannot, in fact, pluck an infant girl from her carriage, carry her clenched between its talons to its nest, and feed her to its eaglets. Okay?.... Why did Americans nearly drive America’s bird to extinction? In The Bald Eagle, Davis, who won a Pulitzer Prize for The Gulf, a clever history of 'America’s Sea,' has written a double biography: a history of the species and a history of the symbol.... The Bald Eagle is the rare natural history that plays as a comedy. It’s a dark comedy, however, because its lessons are not easily transferable to our broader, ongoing ecological catastrophe. The bald eagle is not only a symbol of American might. It is a symbol of American exceptionalism.... A moving portrait of a species victimized for its own evolutionary successes." -- Nathaniel Rich - The Atlantic"A feel-good story.... [A] engaging and highly detailed cultural and natural history of the unofficial national bird (Davis points out that no president or Congress has ever signed a proclamation or law making it official).... Davis deftly brings alive the bald eagle as a real animal, separate from both the myths of its rapaciousness and the symbolic majesty that at times has made the birds emblems for organizations ranging from the National Rifle Association to the National Wildlife Foundation." -- Matt Jaffe - San Francisco Chronicle"[A] soaring new book… The Bald Eagle is compelling and paints a dignified portrait of the famous bird, within and outside of American culture. The author’s occasional playful tone lightens the mood during its darker moments and even helps to underline the hypocrisy of the treatment of this bird of prey, simultaneously esteemed and maligned. This is a history that turns the tables on Americans; the creature that embodied the scrappiness of the early nation is now a model of resilience we can only hope to emulate." -- Olive Fellows - Christian Science Monitor"The tale, as Davis told Ideas in a recent Zoom chat from his home in Gainesville, Fla., is an unusually upbeat one in a moment of deep environmental worry. But that, he suggests, is the point." -- David Scharfenberg - Boston Globe"Splendid.... [Davis] is a meticulous historian and researcher as well as a master storyteller – an irresistible combination." -- Collette Bancroft - Tampa Bay Times"The new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea feels especially timely, with several new bird extinctions announced last year and the need to counter those losses with tales of conservation success." -- John R. Platt - The Revelator"A majestic history of the bald eagle and how it has reflected the nation’s changing relationship to nature... The author’s consistently lively, captivating narrative celebrates the naturalists, scientists, activists, artists (Andy Warhol, among them), politicians, and breeders who have championed the extraordinary “charismatic raptor"... A rousing tale of a species’ survival." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Combining natural, political, and cultural histories, Davis offers a wealth of surprising information and demolishes popular misconceptions . . . Well-timed humor... keeps things moving, and his writing is vivid . . . This account soars." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review"This fascinating and readable work will appeal to fans of the majestic bald eagle and those interested in the natural, cultural, and political history of the United States." -- Dave Pugl - Library Journal"Davis' unique look at a bird we all thought we were familiar with is well-researched and chock-full of fascinating historical and nature-oriented vignettes." -- Nancy Bent - Booklist
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Random House USA Inc The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the
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Johns Hopkins University Press Theaters of Anatomy
Book SynopsisDrawing on the letters and testimony of Padua's medical students, Klestinec charts a new history of anatomy in the Renaissance, one that characterizes the role of the anatomy theater and reconsiders the pedagogical debates and educational structure behind human dissection.Trade Review"In this innovative study, Klestinec recasts the history of early modern anatomy around students, teachers, and pedagogy, rather than authors, illustrators, and publication. In the process, she not only bridges the gap between Andreas Vesalius and William Harvey, but offers a provocative and convincing description of the cultural dynamics that produced the first great anatomy theaters." (Katharine Park, Harvard University)"Table of ContentsList of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction: Redefining the Post-Vesalian Era1. Spectacular Anatomies: Demonstrations, Lectures, and Lessons2. Fabrici's Dominion: The First Anatomical Theater3. Civic and Civil Anatomies: The Second Anatomical Theater4. Medical Students and Their Corpses5. Private Anatomies and the Delights of Technical ExpertiseEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Lost Millennium Historys Timetables Under
Book SynopsisJoin the author as he pushes further and further in search of the truth.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Where Did the Time Go?Part I: The Challenges of Historical Chronology1. Catastrophes and Chaos2. A New Science3. Swan SongPart II: Fomenko's Battle against Tradition4. Historical Eclipses5. The Moon and the Almagest6. Ancient Kingdoms7. Overlapping Dynasties8. Secrets and LiesPart III: Science Fights Back9. Scientific Dating10. Finding a ConsensusAfterwordNotesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press When Benjamin Franklin Met the Reverend
Book SynopsisSeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim LehmanTrade ReviewWhile the background information on the lives of these two great men is impeccably researched and written, this book is more than a biography of Franklin and Whitefield, but it is a study of their times and the relevance on their writings and teachings on their own culture as well as in today's culture... Very readable and interesting. Book Bargains and Previews This book more than succeeds in achieving its goal of helping students understand and appreciate the cultural and intellectual environment of the Anglophone world. -- Sheila Skemp New England QuarterlyTable of ContentsPrologue: A Momentous Meeting1. A Partnership of Mutual Convenience2. Franklin Becomes a Printer and Whitefield Becomes a Preacher3. Whitefield's Messages of Hope4. Franklin's Essays on Improvement5. A Great Awakening, the Enlightenment, and the Crisis of ProvincialismEpilogue: The Birth of the Modern WorldAcknowledgmentsNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Biomedical Computing
Book SynopsisNovember's thoroughly researched and lively study makes clear for readers the motives behind computerizing the study of life and how that technology profoundly affects biomedical research today.Trade ReviewComputers changed research in the life sciences in the 1950s and 1960s. Historian Joseph November engagingly relates how... November's style is convincing and compelling. -- Paula Stephan Nature A fine pick for medical, science and computer collections alike. Midwest Book Review Yes, it's about computers, but very readable. Reference and Research Book News A well-written, engaging piece of historical scholarship... One cannot help but appreciate November's talent at synthesizing and distilling a vast array of highly technical subject matter, making it accessible to not only polymaths, but also any intelligent, dedicated reader. -- Keith Mages Watermark An interesting account of information technology's grand entry into biomedicine in the US and its impact on advances in numerous life science disciplines. Choice In this finely drawn, much-needed study, November shows how a few visionary physicians, life scientists, and computer specialists first created common cause and transformed their respective fields... Conveying that mutual transformation makes Biomedical Computing a significant, timely contribution to both the history of computing and the history of biomedicine. -- Cyrus Mody Journal of American History ... This book constitutes an obligatory read for historians interested in twentieth-century science and technology; and is an important reference for philosophers and social scientists investigating contemporary developments in biomedicine. -- Sabina Leonelli Social History of Medicine This book will be essential reading for historians of both biomedicine and computing. November has done these fields a great service by mapping a complex but fundamental set of technical and institutional relations that have given momentum to our contemporary digitized lives. -- Joanna Radin IEEE Annals of the History of Computing Biomedical Computing offers a clear path into an otherwise uncharted territory of the history of computing in biomedicine. Those interested in the history of medical technology, biology, or computing will appreciate the insights of this book. -- Robin Wolfe Scheffler Technology and Culture Rich local detail... Biomedical Computing offers an essential framework for marrying the bigger picture with case-by-case local analysis. British Journal for the History of ScienceTable of ContentsAcknowlegmentsAbbreviations, Acronyms, and InitialismsIntroduction1. Putting Molecular Biology and Medical Diagnosis into Metal Brains: Operations Research and the Origins of Biomedical Computing2. Building Tomorrow's Biomedicine: The National Institutes of Health's Early Mission to Computerize Biology and Medicine3. The LINC Revolution: The Forgotten Biomedical Origins of Personal Computing4. A New Way of Life: Computing in the Lab, in the Clinic, and at the Foundation5. Martians, Experts, and Universitas: Biomedical Computing at Stanford University, 1960–1966ConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Prescribed
Book SynopsisThe first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine.Trade ReviewA powerful guide that should be in any basic health collection... A fine pick for medical, science, and computer collections alike. Midwest Book Review Prescribed provides the reader with a much better understanding of how we have gotten to our current system of managing, and mismanaging, prescription drugs in the United States. -- Scott D. Grimwood Watermark Both the health care professional and the consumer will benefit greatly from this topical book. Prescribed describes how the prescription has progressed from a document written in Latin to an electronic text that is the principal dimension of people's current encounters with physicians, nurse practitioners, and other physician extenders... Highly recommended. Choice This book provides a good overview of the major problems relating to prescriptions and detailed coverage of particular matters for those who want to investigate them further. -- Nano Khilnani Biz India Magazine The emerging field of pharmaceutical history is well served by Prescribed, an excellent book that examines postwar American pharmacy and medicine by focusing on the act of prescribing. -- Gregory Higby Journal of American History This collection may do for the history of epistemology of pharmaceuticals and ideas about drugs what Rosenberg and Golden's Framing Disease did for the history and epistemology of disease. -- Dan Malleck Social History of Medicine The volume is an exceptional collection of stories, which not only reveals the history of the prescription in modern America, but also adds a significant layer to our broader knowledge of pharmaceutical and medical history. -- Mat Savelli Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences There is no doubt that Prescribed is an excellent contribution to the literature, it deserves a wide readership, and it should be incorporated into many classroom reading lists. These are fascinating, well-told stories that elegantly explain why pharmaceutical studies should be an important element in the study of and instruction in the history of medicine, science, and technology, and in history more generally. Pharmacy in HistoryTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction. The Prescription in PerspectiveChapter 1. Goofball Panic: Barbiturates, "Dangerous" and Addictive Drugs, and the Regulation of Medicine in Postwar AmericaChapter 2. Pharmacological Restraints: Antibiotic Prescribing and the Limits of Physician AutonomyChapter 3. "Eroding the Physician's Control of Therapy": The Postwar Politics of the PrescriptionChapter 4. Deciphering the Prescription: Pharmacists and the Patient Package InsertChapter 5. The Right to Write: Prescription and Nurse PractitionersChapter 6. The Best Prescription for Women's Health: Feminist Approaches to Well-Woman CareChapter 7. "Safer Than Aspirin": The Campaign for Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives and Emergency Contraceptive PillsChapter 8. The Prescription as Stigma: Opioid Pain Relievers and the Long Walk to the Pharmacy CounterChapter 9. Busted for Blockbusters: "Scrip Mills," Quaalude, and Prescribing Power in the 1970sChapter 10. The Afterlife of the Prescription: The Sciences of Therapeutic SurveillanceTime Line of Federal Regulations and Rulings Related to the PrescriptionNotesList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Prescribed
Book SynopsisThe first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine.Trade ReviewA powerful guide that should be in any basic health collection... A fine pick for medical, science, and computer collections alike. Midwest Book Review Prescribed provides the reader with a much better understanding of how we have gotten to our current system of managing, and mismanaging, prescription drugs in the United States. -- Scott D. Grimwood Watermark Both the health care professional and the consumer will benefit greatly from this topical book. Prescribed describes how the prescription has progressed from a document written in Latin to an electronic text that is the principal dimension of people's current encounters with physicians, nurse practitioners, and other physician extenders... Highly recommended. Choice This book provides a good overview of the major problems relating to prescriptions and detailed coverage of particular matters for those who want to investigate them further. -- Nano Khilnani Biz India Magazine The emerging field of pharmaceutical history is well served by Prescribed, an excellent book that examines postwar American pharmacy and medicine by focusing on the act of prescribing. -- Gregory Higby Journal of American History This collection may do for the history of epistemology of pharmaceuticals and ideas about drugs what Rosenberg and Golden's Framing Disease did for the history and epistemology of disease. -- Dan Malleck Social History of Medicine The volume is an exceptional collection of stories, which not only reveals the history of the prescription in modern America, but also adds a significant layer to our broader knowledge of pharmaceutical and medical history. -- Mat Savelli Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences There is no doubt that Prescribed is an excellent contribution to the literature, it deserves a wide readership, and it should be incorporated into many classroom reading lists. These are fascinating, well-told stories that elegantly explain why pharmaceutical studies should be an important element in the study of and instruction in the history of medicine, science, and technology, and in history more generally. Pharmacy in HistoryTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction. The Prescription in PerspectiveChapter 1. Goofball Panic: Barbiturates, "Dangerous" and Addictive Drugs, and the Regulation of Medicine in Postwar AmericaChapter 2. Pharmacological Restraints: Antibiotic Prescribing and the Limits of Physician AutonomyChapter 3. "Eroding the Physician's Control of Therapy": The Postwar Politics of the PrescriptionChapter 4. Deciphering the Prescription: Pharmacists and the Patient Package InsertChapter 5. The Right to Write: Prescription and Nurse PractitionersChapter 6. The Best Prescription for Women's Health: Feminist Approaches to Well-Woman CareChapter 7. "Safer Than Aspirin": The Campaign for Over-the-Counter Oral Contraceptives and Emergency Contraceptive PillsChapter 8. The Prescription as Stigma: Opioid Pain Relievers and the Long Walk to the Pharmacy CounterChapter 9. Busted for Blockbusters: "Scrip Mills," Quaalude, and Prescribing Power in the 1970sChapter 10. The Afterlife of the Prescription: The Sciences of Therapeutic SurveillanceTime Line of Federal Regulations and Rulings Related to the PrescriptionNotesList of ContributorsIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Science of Navigation
Book SynopsisWith it you'll finally understand the why of wayfinding.Trade ReviewDenny, a theoretical physicist and prolific author, impresses his audience with the immense knowledge and effort that has been expended in developing methods for people to navigate from place to place. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentIntroduction: Point of DepartureFirst Quadrant: Geodesy1. Earth and Its Orbit2. Shaping the EarthSecond Quadrant: Cartography3. Surveying4. MapmakingThird Quadrant: Early Exploration and Navigation5. Early Explorers, Basic Tools6. Europe Discovers the WorldFourth Quadrant: Navigation in Modern Times7. The Age of Sail and Steam8. The Electronic AgeConclusion: Nature's NavigatorsTechnical AppendixAnnotated BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Clandestine Marriage
Book SynopsisHer interdisciplinary approach allows a deeper understanding of a time when exploration of the natural world was a culture-wide enchantment.Trade ReviewAny college-level science holding and many a history collection will appreciate the multi-facted coverage. Midwest Book Review Clandestine Marriage is a veritable encyclopedia of botany in the Romantic period, a book that not only discovers, enumerates, and illuminates key details and facts but also crafts a truly amazing argument: that the literary, aesthetic, philosophical, and scientific disruptions of the Romantic period were shaped and paralleled by the ways in which plants were seen to disrupt the kingdom of nature. Clandestine Marriage opens up new avenues for thinking, reading, and writing about a variety of Romantic texts, and it should be of interest to anyone studying Romanticism and the nineteenth century. -- Seth Reno NEW BOOKS ON LITERATURE 19 Clandestine Marriage makes an important contribution to our understanding of the essential role that plants played in the conceptual transformation of nature as a place where taxonomic hegemony reigned to one complicated by chance and contingency. More than this, Kelley's focus on plants as both insistently 'idea' and 'material' furthers the conversationabout why plants-as plants-mattered so much to so many for so long. -- Tina Gianquitto, Colorado School of Mines ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment Kelley begins with Linnaeus, and develops the clandestine marriage theme, passes through Erasmus Darwin and the 'rustic' poet John Clare with a fascinating side trip into women botanists of the 19th century, journeys to India in the days of the Raj, then ends up with Percy Bysshe Shelley by way of Goethe and Hegel and the quite wonderful Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala. At first sight a seemingly unconnected set of points, but Kelley weaves a compelling tale of interconnection, all underpinned by the way people saw and used plants in diverse and creative ways. -- Sandra Knapp Linnean Kelley's comprehensive survey of the riches of Romantic botany and botanizing is a book that helps to shape our understanding of the sources of our own current thinking and the distances that thinking has traveled from the pagan cosmology of Erasmus Darwin. -- Ashton Nichols European Romantic Review Kelley's expertly rendered Clandestine Marriage provides a powerful and nuanced examination of the material and figurative presence of plants in the romantic era. Kelley argues that the 'unruliness' of romantic plants, which 'resist or exceed conceptual location,' raised difficult questions about the individual and collective identities and challenged the 'epistemological mastery' of nature promised by Enlightenment-era classificatory systems. This unruly 'nature of romantic nature,' as Kelley demonstrates, can best be determined by examining the 'productive friction' generated by organizing categories-of matter, species, cultural material, and poetic figuration-coming under question and into conflict. -- Tina Gianquitto ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment Clandestine Marriage is the first book-length study of botany in the Romantic era. It offers a fascinating view of botany as a transgessive discourse that crossed epistemic boundaries of all sorts. -- James C. McKusick Wordsworth Circle This is a very erudite and provocative thesis. The Year's Work in English Studies This book is meticulously researched and it exceptionally well illustrated, with three ample gatherings of botanical art that help to inform Kelley's discussion. Clandestine Marriage is an intellectually rigorous and well-conceived scholarly contribution both to the study of botanical history and to the study of Romantic-era literature. Readers interested in the confluence of these areas of study will find Kelley's book especially intriguing. -- Ben P. Robertson BARS Bulletin and Review [ Clandestine Marriage] is a fine work, a superb contribution to the study of the Romantic period and the relationship between botany and literature. In its deep commitment to historical understanding and to close reading, capturing the figural play occasioned by the material nature of plants and their culture, Kelley's Clandestine Marriage provides a unique account of complex stirrings that lie just below the surface of the Romantic love of plants. -- Alan Bewell Studies in RomanticismTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Botanical Matters3. Botany's Publics and Privates4. Botanizing Women5. Clare's Commonable PlantsInterlude One: Mala's Garden6. Reading Matter and PaintInterlude Two: A Romantic Garden7. Restless Romantic Plants and Philosophers8. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Imagined Civilizations
Book SynopsisWhile the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor.Trade ReviewOverall, this book is interesting for the analytical framework it suggests for approaching area-based global historical questions and it is very original in some of its historiographic claims... The Math IntelligencerTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Science as the Measure of Civilizations3. From Copula to Incommensurable Worlds4. Mathematical Texts in Historical Context5. Tracing Practices Purloined by the Three Pillars6. Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian7. ConclusionsAcknowledgmentsAppendix A: Zhu Zaiyu's New Theory of CalculationAppendix B: Xu Guangqi's Right Triangles, MeaningsAppendix C: Xu Guangqi's WritingsBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Leading the Way
Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated with more than four hundred photographs, most in color, Leading the Way provides all those interested in the story of Johns Hopkins Medicine-even just the advances in medicine itself over the past twenty years-a lively and riveting account of how Hopkins remains in the forefront of medical education, research, and patient care.Trade ReviewAn extremely interesting read, even if you're not medical school bound. Kick Ass Book Reviews An accurate, well-designed book of which anyone in the Hopkins Medicine family should be proud. Choice An admirable and comprehensive account of the evolution of one of the most distinguished academic medical centers in the world. -- Dorothy Porter JAMA An impressive achievement. -- Nano Khilnani Biz India Magazine
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Johns Hopkins University Press Communities of Learned Experience
Book SynopsisThe collections she has selected include essays on general medical topics addressed to colleagues or disciples, some advice for individual patients (usually written at the request of the patient's doctor), and a strong dose of controversy.Trade ReviewSiraisi deftly guides the reader with engaging and descriptive prose toward her modest theses... It is a welcome introduction to the world of medical epistles in the Renaissance. -- Joel A. Klein Early Science and Medicine This book goes a step further in the current critical reassessment of the minor genres of early modern medical literature, traditionally viewed as secondary sources. Mastering Renaissance history and historiography, Siraisi shows how they can be used to access the world of sixteenth-century medical practitioners avoiding artificial distinctions between the social and intellectual motives underpinning their multifold activities. -- Maria Pia Donato American Historical Review These studies will be useful to anyone exploring the development of espistolae midicinales. Siraisi also offers valuable evidence of the establishment of an eraly medical Republic of Letters. -- Niall Hodson Centaurus Communities of Learned Experience puts the theme of networks center stage, making useful connections to current research on communities of knowledge and republics of letters both humanistic and scientific even as it contributes more particularly to the history of medicine... In 87 pages, [Siraisi] offers a distillation of the encyclopedic learning, rigorously forensic analysis, elegant argumentation, and wry humor that are the hallmarks of her career... This book is an expert introduction to the world of early modern medical inquiry... For its wealth of information and important call for more attention to medical epistles, Communities of Learned Experience takes a more than worthy place in Siraisi's oeuvre and should occupy an important space in the history of science section of early modernist's collections. -- Sarah Gwenyth Ross Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science [Communities of Learned Experience] reflects Siraisi's routinely thorough research and engaging prose, and it would be difficult to argue that the book does not accomplish what it sets out to do. -- Fred Gibbs British Journal for the History of Science What trajectory can be charted through physicians' letters? Siraisi's elegant and economical book has give her readers a useful and pleasurable roadmap that helps to explain how learned physicians indeed created a world of their own making in print during the age of Vesalius. -- Paul Findlen Bulletin of the History of Medicine Siraisi's work on epistolary medicine will be of interest not only to those studying Renaissance medicine, but will also provide a useful backdrop to those studying the topic in the early modern period. It will appeal to historians of the Republic of Letters and the humanist movement who may not have given consideration to the correspondence of physicians of the period. -- Robert Weston ParergonTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Contexts and Communication2. The Court Physician Johann Lange and His Epistolae Medicinales3. The Medical Networks of Orazio AugenioConclusionNotesIndex
£41.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Broken Hearts The Tangled History of Cardiac
Book SynopsisBased on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes.Trade ReviewOffers a historical perspective on medical decision making in the case of heart disease. The Chronicle Review For anyone who has had a heart attack or whose family member has had one, this book is definitely worth reading. -- Stephen Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive Any health collection strong in cardiac care will find this a winning presentation perfect for general health or specialty collections alike. Midwest Book Review The light Jones shines on the interventional cardiovascular enterprise illuminates numerous, sometimes fatal and always costly flaws that every patient and society at large ignores at great peril. -- Nortin M. Hadler Scientists' Bookshelf A surprising and sobering book. David S. Jones combines rigorous research with a clear narrative style to produce a very persuasive historical analysis. I heartily recommend that physicians read Broken Hearts to benefit from a dose of detective work, a dose of insight, and a good dose of humility. -- Jack Coulehan, MD Pharos Jones does a very good job of outlining how difficult it is to understand all the workings of the human body, what is involved in medical research, and how that research is applied to human subjects through the lens of one medical specialty. -- Katherine Burger Johnson Watermark All in all, Jones presents a different and refreshing take on the challenges before us. He provides more questions than answers, but this is all to the good. Unless we pose the proper questions we cannot ever hope to obtain the right answers. -- Allen B. Weisse Bulletin of the History of Medicine Wide-ranging, full of interesting and telling historical details, steadily paced yet thorough in its making sense of complex medicine, Broken Hearts exposes cardiac care as neither mundane nor settled. -- Janet K. Shim Sociology of Health and Illness Jones asks us to embrace the complexity of medical decision-making, to recognize medical research gains and gaps, and to acknowledge the social values and priorities that shape our present scenario. Difficult decisions in medicine remain, but perhaps Jones's book will contribute to more judicious ones. -- Shelley Mckellar Technology and Culture For the past half century, patients have been advised to undergo valve replacement, angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass graft procedures to prevent or ameliorate cardiac pathologies. But how good are these procedures? How certain are the surgeons or physicians who recommend them that they will work? How do they know? Giving some answers to these questions and showing how the criteria for making medical decisions change over time are the themes of Broken Hearts. Choice Jones's larger point is a meditation on how we understand and misunderstand medical knowledge. -- Sarah Dine Health Affairs This book will appeal to a wide audience interested in the history of coronary artery disease, its treatment options, and medical decision-making. For those wanting more, there is an extensive bibliography. In closing, Jones asks us to embrace the complexity of medical decision-making, to recognize medical research gains and gaps, and to acknowledge the social values and priorities that shape our present scenario. Difficult decisions in medicine remain, but perhaps Jones's book will contribute to more judicious ones. -- Shelley McKellar Technology and Culture A fascinating and insightful history of the interplay between research on the causes of coronary artery disease and the development and assessment of therapeutic-especially surgical-approaches to cardiac care... There is much to recommend in Broken Hearts. It is accessible, it will appeal to a wide range of readers, and it offers a useful overview of the complex issues surrounding cardiac care at a time with health-care policy, both in the United States and globally, is fiercely debated and rapidly changing. -- A.R. Ruis Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences An excellent resource... The information gleaned from the book will aid the patient in understanding his or her disease and will assist one in decision-making. -- Robin Wulffson Examiner.com Jones's book is a sophisticated history of heart attacks and some of the most spectacular medical interventions of the twentieth century. It is meticulously researched and thoughtful, and Jones pays equal attention to technical details, social contexts and economic implications. The book will be of interest to anyone interested in the uncertainties of modern medicine: uncertainties associated with understanding the cause of illness and, perhaps more importantly, the success of treatment. -- Carsten Timmermann Social History of Medicine Broken Hearts is a captivating study of the history of cardiology. By moving away from the long-standing tendency to frame the history of cardiology as a progress-narrative, this book makes a great addition to the emerging body of literature that adopts a critical stance towards cardiac care... SomatosphereTable of ContentsList of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: An Embarrassment of RichesPart I: Theory and TherapyChapter 1. The Mysteries of Heart AttacksChapter 2. The Case for Plaque RuptureChapter 3. The Case against Plaque RuptureChapter 4. Learning by DoingChapter 5. The Plaque Rupture ConsensusChapter 6. Rupture TherapeuticsChapter 7. Therapeutic RupturesChapter 8. Fear and UnpredictabilityPart II: ComplicationsChapter 9. Surgical Ambition and FearChapter 10. Suffering CerebrumsChapter 11. Deliriogenic PersonalitiesChapter 12. The Case of the Missing ComplicationsChapter 13. Selective InattentionChapter 14. The Cerebral Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass SurgeryChapter 15. A Taxonomy of InattentionChapter 16. Competition's ComplicationsConclusion: Puzzles and ProspectsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Entertaining Elephants
Book SynopsisThey often lived lives of apparent desperation.Trade ReviewSusan Nance's new book will appeal to those interested in the circus business, general lovers of the circus itself and its history, and lovers of elephants themselves and how they are treated, for better or for worse. -- Stephen Goddard History Wire - Where the Past Comes Alive If you are a true lover of elephants... then you must add this book to your collection. -- Elizabeth Franklin Portland Book Review This book explores aspects of nineteenth-century American society and culture from an original and fascinating perspective. It is a worthy contribtuion to the burgeoning scholarship on the history of human-animal relationships. -- Virginia DeJohn Anderson American Historical Review Theoretically sophisticated, exhaustively researched, and elegantly composed, Entertaining Elephants will appeal to a broad range of readers, who will find themselves thinking in new ways about not only circuses, but also the myriad other human-animal relationships in American consumer culture, past and present, from rodeos, zoos, and aquariums to meat, pets, Disney characters, and other fictional animals. -- Laura Barraclough American Studies Susan Nance's study Entertaining Elephants: Animal Agency and the Business of the American Circus is an example of how pleasing a mix of cultural history and animal studies is when an author combines them well. H-Net Reviews Overall, Entertaining Elephants is an enjoyable work that should appeal to those who are interested in cultural or animal history. It will also fit well into any animal or American studies class. However, it will provide most use to scholars who are looking for insightful studies that give agency to those that the historical record too often forgets. H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Turning the Circus Inside Out1. Why Elephants in the Early Republic?2. Becoming an Elephant "Actor"3. Learning to Take Direction4. Punishing Bull Elephants5. Herd Management in the Gilded Age6. Going Off Script7. Animal Cultures Lost in the Circus, Then and NowNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£50.00
