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The body electric how strange machines built the modern American
- Author / Creator
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- Creator
- Carolyn Thomas de la Peña
- Included Title
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- ACLS Humanities ebooks
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, c2003
- Series
- ISBNs
- 081471966X
- Description based on title screen of 2003-12-01.
- "This electronic book contains the following additional feature(s) not available in the print version: Historical pamphlets and advertisements (90 additional images)"--Copyright and Permissions.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Transcribed from: The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American. New York : New York University Press, c2003. xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Mode of access: Intranet.
- 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?
Subjects
- Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Electrotherapeutics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Electrotherapeutics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.