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Author Hanafi, Zakiya, 1959-

Title The monster in the machine [electronic resource] : magic, medicine, and the marvelous in the time of the scientific revolution / Zakiya Hanafi.

Imprint Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2000.
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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 272 p. : ill.
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The origins of monsters -- Monstrous matter -- Monstrous machines -- Medicine and the mechanized body -- Vico's monstrous body -- Monstrous metaphor.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Monsters -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
Human body (Philosophy) -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780822380351
0822380358
0822325365 (alk. paper)
9780822325369 (alk. paper)
0822325683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822325680 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0823325365 (alk. paper)

 
    
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