Author : Raymond Stephanson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 10,20 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442646969
Book Description
The secrets of Generation' is an interdisciplinary examination of the many aspects of reproduction in the eighteenth century. Exploring the theme of generation from the perspective of histories of medicine, literature, biology, technology, and culture, this collection offers a range of cutting-edge approaches. Its twenty-four contributors, scholars from across Europe and North America, bring an international perspective to discuss reproduction in British, French, American, German, and Italian contexts. The book is a collection on eighteenth-century generation and its many milieus