Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

by Florence Williams

Book Overview

Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393063186
• ISBN13: 9780393063189
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.6"