Rethinking modern prostheses in Anglo-American commodity cultures, 1820–1939

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  • Author: Claire Jones, Julie Anderson
  • Publisher: Manchester University Press
  • Publish Date: 2017-04-15
  • Page Count: 216
1. Modern prostheses in Anglo-American commodity cultures: an introduction - Claire L. Jones
Part I. The commodification of hearing aids and aids to hearing
2. Purchase, use and adaptation: interpreting 'patented' aids to the deaf in Victorian Britain - Graeme Gooday and Karen Sayer
3. Between cure and prosthetic: 'good fit' in artificial eardrums - Jaipreet Virdi-Dhesi
4. Inventing amplified telephony: the co-creation of aural technology and disability - Coreen McGuire
Part II. The commodification of artificial limbs and associated appliances
5. 'A hand for the one-handed': user-inventors and the market for assistive technologies in early nineteenth-century Britain - Laurel Daen
6. 'Get the best article in the market': prostheses for women in nineteenth-century literature and commerce - Ryan Sweet
7. Itinerant manipulators and public benefactors: artificial limb patents, medical professionalism and the moral economy in antebellum America - Caroline Lieffers
8. Separating the surgical and commercial: Space, prosthetics and the First World War - Julie Anderson
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AuthorClaire Jones, Julie Anderson
Page Count216
Publish DateApr 15, 2017
Stock StatusPlease allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery
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