Murky Waters : British Spas in Eighteenth-Century Medicine and Literature

Name: Murky Waters
Brand: Manchester University Press
SKU: 9781526178824
Price: 4500 KES
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ISBN: 9781526178824

by Sophie Vasset

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies

ISBN-10 1526178826

ISBN-13 9781526178824

Publisher Manchester University Press

Imprint Manchester University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 30th, 2024

Print length 304 Pages

Weight 380 grams

Dimensions 13.80 x 21.60 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: British & Irish history Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 Social & cultural history History of medicine History European history Social and cultural history

KSh 4,500.00

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Murky waters explores the ambivalent representations of spas in eighteenth-century medicine and literature. It gives a wide cultural perspective of the numerous spas, springs and wells of Britain, well beyond Bath, and focuses on specific political and cultural tensions while reasserting the centrality of health in spa towns. -- .

Murky waters challenges the refined image of spa towns in eighteenth-century Britain by unveiling darker and more ambivalent contemporary representations. It reasserts the centrality of health in British spas by looking at disease, the representation of treatment and the social networks of care woven into spa towns. The book explores the great variety of medical and literary discourses on the numerous British spas in the long eighteenth century and offers a rare look at spas beyond Bath. Following the thread of 'murkiness', it explores the underwater culture of spas, from the gender fluidity of users to the local and national political dimensions, as well as the financial risks taken by gamblers and investors. It thus brings a fresh look at mineral waters and a pinch of salt to health-related discourses. -- .

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