Technology, Self-Fashioning and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Refined Bodies

by Alun Withey

This innovative book explores the role of cast steel in instruments for refining the body in the eighteenth century, amidst the changing climate of ideas surrounding 'polite' bodily form and appearance.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137467479
• ISBN13: 9781137467478
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"