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'A fascinating book, well argued, academic ... it deserves a wide readership.' - British Medical Journal
'His picture of the shifting currents of medico-moral argument in the 19th century is always interesting, and will provoke many new thoughts about the present.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'In his long anticipated book ... the strength lies in the analysis. The past is not a foreign country. As Mort shows, in the sphere of sexuality we are still living it.' - New Statesman
'A cogent, intelligent ... book ... the best survey of the 'medico-moral' complex and the politics of state regulation of sexuality in modern Britain currently available.' - Roy Porter for Medical History
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This long-awaited new edition of Frank Mort's classic examines ideas of health and illness and their links to moral and immoral notions of sex, from 1830 to the present day. Includes new studies of eugenics, race hygiene and social imperialism.
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'A fascinating book, well argued, academic ... it deserves a wide readership.' - British Medical Journal
'His picture of the shifting currents of medico-moral argument in the 19th century is always interesting, and will provoke many new thoughts about the present.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
'In his long anticipated book ... the strength lies in the analysis. The past is not a foreign country. As Mort shows, in the sphere of sexuality we are still living it.' - New Statesman
'A cogent, intelligent ... book ... the best survey of the 'medico-moral' complex and the politics of state regulation of sexuality in modern Britain currently available.' - Roy Porter for Medical History
Product Description
This long-awaited new edition of Frank Mort's classic examines ideas of health and illness and their links to moral and immoral notions of sex, from 1830 to the present day. Includes new studies of eugenics, race hygiene and social imperialism.
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Asiatic cholera, or cholera morbus, spread to Britain from India in a series of epidemics which engulfed much of Europe in the 1820s. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Asiatic cholera, or cholera morbus, spread to Britain from India in a series of epidemics which engulfed much of Europe in the 1820s. Read the first page
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