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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Takahiro UeyamaPublisher: Society for the Promotion of Science & Scholarship Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Society for the Promotion of Science & Scholarship Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780930664299ISBN 10: 0930664299 Pages: 378 Publication Date: 10 September 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Profession and the Market: The BMA's Campaign Against Patent Medicine Reconsidered 2. Purchasing Health: Medical Consumerism and the Commodity Culture, 1884-1914 3. Victorian Quacks, the Body Electric, and the Commercialization of Medicine 4. Electro-Therapeutic Institutes and the Royal College of Physicians: Medical Technology and Professional Norms 5. Massage Therapy, Sexuality, and the Commercialization of MedicineReviewsWell before the efflorescence of late-Victorian commodity culture, medical capitalism had permeated--and in many ways compromised--the seemingly well-established purity of medical professionalism. Timothy Lenoir, Duke University ""Well before the efflorescence of late-Victorian commodity culture, medical capitalism had permeated--and in many ways compromised--the seemingly well-established purity of medical professionalism."" Timothy Lenoir, Duke University Author InformationTakahiro Ueyama is professor of the history unit in the Faculty of Economics, Sophia University, Tokyo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |