Written in honour of eminent historian Roy Porter by twenty of his colleagues and students, the collection renders cutting edge scholarship accessible. Historians from the three fields that Porter made his own - the histories of medicine, madness, and the Enlightenment - illustrate his influence while tackling major themes ranging from disability rights to the popularization of science. In their accounts, artisan gardeners jostle with anarchists, dentists, and hypnotists in a lively, and very Porterian, parade.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2007

ISBN

9780230235359

Topic

History

Subtopic

Science History

Index

History

Cover
Contents
List of Figures and Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction: ‘De Omni Scribili’
1 Roy Porter and the Persons of History
Part I: The Science of History and the Politics of Science
Part II: Bodies, Commodities and Social Difference
Part III: Minds, Identities and Social Order
Notes on Contributors/Remembering Roy Porter
Notes
Index