Immunity is as old as illness itself, yet historians have only just
begun to take up the challenge of reconstructing the modern
transformation of attempts to protect against disease. Crafting
Immunity assembles in one volume the most recent efforts of an
international group of scholars to place the diverse practices of
immunity in their historical contexts. It is this diversity that
provides the book with its greatest source of strength.
Collectively, the papers in this volume suggest that it was the
craft-like, small-scale, and local conditions of clinical medicine
that turned the immunity of individuals and populations into
biomedical objects. That is to say, the modern conception of
immunity was at least as much the product of the work of healing as
it was the systematic result of discoveries about the immune
system. Working outside the narrow confines of laboratory
histories, Crafting Immunity is the first attempt to set the
problems of immunity into a variety of social, technological,
institutional and intellectual contexts. It will appeal not only to
historians and sociologists of health, but also to social and
cultural historians interested in the biomedical creation of modern
health regimens.
General
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
The History of Medicine in Context |
| Release date: |
March 2008 |
| First published: |
2008 |
| Authors: |
Jennifer Keelan
|
| Editors: |
Kenton Kroker
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
320 |
| Edition: |
New Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7546-5759-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-7546-5759-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780754657590 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(11)
