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Paperback. Sequencing is often associatedwith the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics." Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349321223
- ISBN
- 9781349321223
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Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Paperback. Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349328703
- ISBN
- 9781349328703
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Condition: New
€ 122.31
€ 122.31
Paperback. "This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as "tissue culture." It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue"-- Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329458
- ISBN
- 9781349329458
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. "European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme DRUGS." Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; MBX; MMG; MQP; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349337422
- ISBN
- 9781349337422
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Condition: New
€ 122.48
€ 122.48
Paperback. This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity have been thought about by legal, medical, psychiatric, psychoanalytic and literary writers. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBTB; JHBK; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338139
- ISBN
- 9781349338139
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Condition: New
€ 122.31
€ 122.31
Paperback. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFC; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343805
- ISBN
- 9781349343805
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JKSN; MBX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345533
- ISBN
- 9781349345533
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Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback. This volume provides the first systematic examination of medicine and the market in England, North America and India between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries. Editor(s): Jenner, M.; Wallis, P. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349352937
- ISBN
- 9781349352937
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Condition: New
€ 153.78
€ 153.78
Paperback. This book contextualizes autism as a socio cultural phenomenon, and examines the often troubling effects of representations and social trends. Exploring the individuals and events in the history of this condition, Waltz blends research and personal perspectives to examine social narratives of normalcy, disability and difference. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JMP; MBS; MBX; MMJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358199
- ISBN
- 9781349358199
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Condition: New
€ 133.17
€ 133.17
Paperback. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Cox, C.; Luddy, Maria. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358540
- ISBN
- 9781349358540
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Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Paperback. Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349359981
- ISBN
- 9781349359981
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Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
paperback. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC; JFSL; JPQB; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2001
- SKU
- V9781349409730
- ISBN
- 9781349409730
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Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349425303
- ISBN
- 9781349425303
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Condition: New
€ 121.81
€ 121.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HBL; JNB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349427314
- ISBN
- 9781349427314
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Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JMR; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349428847
- ISBN
- 9781349428847
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Condition: New
€ 121.53
€ 121.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349431076
- ISBN
- 9781349431076
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Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. Editor(s): Pickstone, John V. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 349 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349431816
- ISBN
- 9781349431816
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Condition: New
€ 122.63
€ 122.63
Cancer Patients, Cancer Pathways: Historical and Sociological Perspect...
. Ed(S): Timmermann, Carsten; Toon, Elizabeth
paperback. Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and obstacles overcome, but of historical contingencies, cultural differences, hope, and often disappointed expectations. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Toon, Elizabeth. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349444809
- ISBN
- 9781349444809
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Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. Through an examination that uses previously unavailable archives and little-used primary literature, this book places the twentieth-century mental hygiene movement within the broad sweep of modern British psychiatry, offering its own reinterpretation of important elements of this history. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; MMH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458080
- ISBN
- 9781349458080
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Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Paperback. The 1918 Spanish flu epidemic is now widely recognized as the most devastating disease outbreak in recorded history. This cultural history reconstructs Spaniards' experience of the flu and traces the emergence of various competing narratives that arose in response to bacteriology's failure to explain and contain the disease's spread. Num Pages: 268 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349464395
- ISBN
- 9781349464395
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Condition: New
€ 121.71
€ 121.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 179 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349498130
- ISBN
- 9781349498130
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Condition: New
€ 62.91
€ 62.91
paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349517183
- ISBN
- 9781349517183
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Condition: New
€ 122.00
€ 122.00
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSR; JHMC; MBX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523511
- ISBN
- 9781349523511
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback. This book brings together scholars in the History of Medicine to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Editor(s): Mahone, Sloan; Vaughan, M. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349524136
- ISBN
- 9781349524136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.57
€ 122.57