UID:
almafu_9960119291502883
Format:
1 online resource (xxxvii, 730 pages) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781108599412
,
1108599419
,
9781108626088
,
1108626084
,
9781107705647
,
1107705649
Uniform Title:
Reproduction (Hopwood)
Content:
From contraception to cloning and pregnancy to populations, reproduction presents urgent challenges today. This field-defining history synthesizes a vast amount of scholarship to take the long view. Spanning from antiquity to the present day, the book focuses on the Mediterranean, western Europe, North America and their empires. It combines history of science, technology and medicine with social, cultural and demographic accounts. Ranging from the most intimate experiences to planetary policy, it tells new stories and revises received ideas. An international team of scholars asks how modern 'reproduction' - an abstract process of perpetuating living organisms - replaced the old 'generation' - the active making of humans and beasts, plants and even minerals. Striking illustrations invite readers to explore artefacts, from an ancient Egyptian fertility figurine to the announcement of the first test-tube baby. Authoritative and accessible, Reproduction offers students and non-specialists an essential starting point and sets fresh agendas for research.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2018).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107658370
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107658373
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107068025
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107068029
Language:
English
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