A cultural history of the human body in the age of empire edited by Michael Sappol and Stephen P. Rice

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations Series Preface Introduction: Empires in Bodies; Bodies in Empires Michael Sappol, National Library of Medicine, USA 1 Birth and Death under the Sign of Thomas Malthus Thomas Laqueur, University of California, USA and Lisa Cody, Claremont McKenna College, USA 2 Medical Perspectives on Health and Disease Michael Worboys, University of Manchester, UK 3 Othering Sexual Perversity: England, Empire, Race, and Sexual Science Richard C. Sha, American University, USA 4 Medical Science, Technology, and the Body Chandak Sengoopta, University of London, UK 5 Popular Beliefs and the Body: "A Nation of Good Animals" Pamela K. Gilbert, University of Florida, USA 6 The Normal, the Ideal, and the Beautiful: Perfect Bodies during the Age of Empire Michael Hau, Monash University, Australia 7 Empire, Boundaries, and Bodies: Colonial Tattooing Practices Clare Anderson, University of Warwick, UK 8 Smallpox, Vaccination, and the Marked Body Nadja Durbach, University of Utah, USA 9 Picturing Bodies in the Nineteenth Century Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College, USA 10 From Mimetic Machines to Digital Organisms: The Transformation of the Human Motor Anson Rabinbach, Princeton University, USA Notes Bibliography Contributors Index

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