Popular Print and Popular Medicine - Almanacs and Health Advice in Early America

Informationen zum Autor THOMAS A. HORROCKS is associate librarian for collections at Houghton Library, Harvard University. Klappentext Demonstrates that the almanac was a leading source of health information in America prior to the Civil War. This book contends that the almanac was an integral component of a complicated, fragmented, semi-vernacular health literature of the period, and that the genre played a leading role in disseminating astrological health advice. Zusammenfassung Demonstrates that the almanac was a leading source of health information in America prior to the Civil War. This book contends that the almanac was an integral component of a complicated! fragmented! semi-vernacular health literature of the period! and that the genre played a leading role in disseminating astrological health advice.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas A Horrocks, Thomas A. Horrocks
• Editore: University of Massachusetts
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.07.2008
• EAN: 9781558496576
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-657-6
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 146 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Studies in Print Culture and t; Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro