A cultural history of the senses / general editor, Constance Classen [and five others].
- Date:
- 2014
- Books
About this work
Description
"The Cultural History of the Senses set delves into the sensory foundations of Western civilization, taking a comprehensive period-by-period approach which provides a broad understanding of the life of the senses from antiquity to the modern day. Each of the volumes explores the following topics: The Social Life of the Senses; Urban Sensations; The Senses in the Marketplace; The Senses in Religion; The Senses in Philosophy and Science; Medicine and the Senses; The Senses in Literature; Art and the Senses; and Sensory Media. Superbly illustrated, this six-volume set is the most authoritative and comprehensive historical survey of the senses available."--Page 4 of cover.
Publication/Creation
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Physical description
6 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm
Contributors
Contents
Volume 1. In antiquity / edited by Jerry Toner -- Volume 2. In the Middle Ages / edited by Richard G. Newhauser -- Volume 3. In the Renaissance / edited by Herman Roodenburg -- Volume 4. In the age of Enlightenment / edited by Anne C. Vila -- Volume 5. In the age of empire / edited by Constance Classen -- Volume 6. In the modern age / edited by David Howes.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Languages
Holdings
- Volumes 1 - 6.
Where to find it
Volume 1
Location Status History of MedicinePBH /CULOpen shelves Volume 2
Location Status History of MedicinePBH /CULOpen shelves Volume 3
Location Status History of MedicinePBH /CULOpen shelves Volume 4
Location Status History of MedicinePBH /CULOpen shelves Volume 5
Location Status History of MedicinePBH /CULOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780857853387
- 0857853384
- 9780857853394
- 0857853392
- 9780857853400
- 0857853406
- 9780857853417
- 0857853414
- 9780857853424
- 0857853422
- 9780857853431
- 0857853430
- 9780857853448
- 0857853449