The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print by Mackintosh, Alan

The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319697772)

Vendor: Alan Mackintosh
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
$109.99
$109.99
$109.99
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The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print by Mackintosh, Alan

The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print

$109.99
The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print by Mackintosh, Alan

The Patent Medicines Industry in Georgian England: Constructing the Market by the Potency of Print

$109.99
Format: Hardcover
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Reveals that patent medicines constituted a national industry in Georgian England, challenging accounts of dishonest quackery described later by doctors and historians
Offers insight into the workings of a national market for Georgian consumer goods, beyond studies of individual companies or wholesalers
Opens up a new area of research for print historians, investigating the effect of the printed word on human health

Author: Alan Mackintosh
ISBN-10: 3319697773
ISBN-13: 9783319697772
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2017
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.06d
By Alan Mackintosh
By Alan Mackintosh
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Alan Mackintosh is Research Fellow in the Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, UK. He is a former Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and of the European Society of Cardiology.

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