{"product_id":"9781472569875","title":"A Cultural History of Medicine : Volumes 1-6","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Cultural History of Medicine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow has our understanding of medicine evolved over the past 2,500 years? \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e, as the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the cultural history of medicine from ancient times to modernity, discusses this. With six highly illustrated volumes covering 2500 years of human history, this is the definitive reference work on the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndividual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one volume, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe six volumes cover:\u003c\/b\u003e 1. - Antiquity (500BCE - 800 CE); 2. - Middle Ages (800 - 1450); 3. - Renaissance (1450 - 1650); 4. - Age of Enlightenment (1650 - 1800); 5. - Age of Empire (1800 - 1920); 6. - Modern Age (1920 - 2000+).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThemes (and chapter titles) are: Environment; Food; Disease; Animals; Objects; Experiences; the Mind; Authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe page extent for the pack is approximately 1,728 pp with c. 240 b\/w illustrations. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cultural Histories Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472569875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Multiple copy pack","offer_id":40765095936206,"sku":"9781472569875","price":610.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4416aeb5-63e2-4227-9281-6b3804dc0c20.jpg?v=1643187886","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472569875","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}