The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Peña.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peña, Carolyn Thomas de la.

Series:

American history and culture (New York University Press)

American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quacks and quackery--United States--History--19th century.

Quacks and quackery.

Quacks and quackery--United States--History--20th century.

Medical instruments and apparatus--United States--History--19th century.

Medical instruments and apparatus.

Medical instruments and apparatus--United States--History--20th century.

Electrotherapeutics--United States--History--19th century.

Electrotherapeutics.

Electrotherapeutics--United States--History--20th century.

Electric Stimulation Therapy--history.

Exercise Therapy--history.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

History.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Electric Stimulation Therapy--history.

Exercise Therapy--history.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Physical Description:

xvi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2003]

Summary:

Looks at the history of technology and the human body in our continued search for physical perfection.

Contents:

The machine-built body

Measuring mechanical strength

Exploring electric limits

Powering the intimate body

"Radiomania" limits the energy dream

Conclusion: the end of an era?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-319) and index.

ISBN:

0814719538

OCLC:

51216523