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The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American
- Title
- The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Pena.
- Author
- Peña, Carolyn Thomas de la.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
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- Description
- xvi, 329 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- American history and culture
- Uniform Title
- American history and culture (New York University Press)
- Subjects
- Quacks and quackery > United States > History > 20th century
- Electrotherapeutics > United States > History > 20th century
- Medical instruments and apparatus > United States > History > 19th century
- Medical instruments and apparatus > United States > History > 20th century
- Quacks and quackery > United States > History > 19th century
- Electrotherapeutics > United States > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-319) and index.
- 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?
- Call Number
- JFE 03-9463
- ISBN
- 0814719538 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002155358
- OCLC
- 51216523
- Author
- Peña, Carolyn Thomas de la.
- Title
- The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Pena.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2003.
- Series
- American history and cultureAmerican history and culture (New York University Press)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-319) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-9463