Author: W. RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Eccentric Personages
Author: W. RussellEccentric Personages
Author: William Russell (Miscellaneous Writer.)Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Eccentric Personages: Memoirs of the Lives and Actions of remarkable Characters
Author: W. RussellPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 375256234X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.
Eccentric Personages
Author: William RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Biographical Sketches of Eccentric Characters
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Category : Characters and characteristics
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Science and Eccentricity
Author: Victoria CarrollPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822981815
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The concept of eccentricity was central to how people in the nineteenth century understood their world. This monograph is the first scholarly history of eccentricity. Carroll explores how discourses of eccentricity were established to make sense of individuals who did not seem to fit within an increasingly organized social and economic order. She focuses on the self-taught natural philosopher William Martin, the fossilist Thomas Hawkins and the taxidermist Charles Waterton.
Histories of the Normal and the Abnormal
Author: Waltraud ErnstPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113420549X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms 'normal' and 'abnormal'. Originally meaning 'as occurring in nature', normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognizes and explores that fact. The essays engage with the concepts of the normal and the abnormal from the perspectives of a variety of academic disciplines – ranging from art history to social history of medicine, literature, and science studies to sociology and cultural anthropology. The contributors use as their conceptual anchors the works of moral and political philosophers such as Canguilhem, Foucault and Hacking, as well as the ideas put forward by sociologists including Durkheim and Illich. With contributions from a range of scholars across differing disciplines, this book will have a broad appeal to students in many areas of history.
The World's Great and Eccentric Characters
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Category : Characters and characteristics
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
The Great and Eccentric Characters of the World, Their Lives and Their Deeds, Representing All Ages and All Countries
Author: Great British Eccentrics
Author: S. D. TuckerPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445647710
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
An entertaining guide to the most eccentric characters from British history