Agnes Arnold-Forster

Gebundenes Buch

The Cancer Problem

Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Beschreibung

This is the first history of cancer in nineteenth-century Britain. It demonstrates that the nineteenth century saw cancer acquire the unique emotional, symbolic, and politicized status it maintains today.

Autor

Dr Agnes Arnold-Forster is a social, cultural, and medical historian of modern Britain. She is a postdoctoral research and engagement fellow on the Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, Surgery & Emotion, based at the University of Roehampton. She completed her PhD at King's College London in 2017 and has published widely in journals such as Social History of Medicine, Medical Humanities, and the British Medical Journal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9780198866145
• ISBN-10: 0198866143
• Artikelnr.: 59920569