Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0801866464
ISBN-13: 9780801866463
Product ID: EPID1835453
Description: A serious, historical study on the invention of the electric vibrator in the 19th century and its use to treat what was in that time termed "hysteria."
Synopsis A serious, historical study on the invention of the electric vibrator in the 19th century and its use to treat what was in that time termed "hysteria."
Details
Publication Date:
2001-02-01
Series:
Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Size
Height:
8.3 in
Width:
5.5 in
Thickness:
0.8 in
Weight:
8.8 oz
Industry Reviews "Feminist scholarship exactly as it should be: a work that not only illuminates an astonishing bit of history, but does so with a neat balance of anger, wit and humor....This is a wonderful book." L.A. Weekly - Carol L. Mithers