Chandak Sengoopta

Gebundenes Buch

The Most Secret Quintessence of Life

Sex, Glands, and Hormones, 1850-1950

Beschreibung

Through a series of case studies drawn from Central Europe, the United States, and Britain, this book explores how the notion of sex hormones enabled scientists to remap the human body, encouraging hopes that glandular interventions could cure ills, malfunctions, and even social deviance in ways inconceivable to previous generations.

Autor

Chandak Sengoopta is a senior lecturer in the history of medicine and science at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of two previous books, including Otto Weininger: Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 162mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780226748634
• ISBN-10: 0226748634
• Artikelnr.: 20975524