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Death, Dissection and the Destitute
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication date
December 1, 2000
Pages
453
Binding
Paperback
Edition
2
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780226712406
ISBN-10
0226712400
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.40 lbs.
Original list price
$26.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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Editions
Hardcover
2 sub edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (December 1, 2000)
9780226712390 | details & prices | 453 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $106.00
About: In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers.
About: In the early nineteenth century, body snatching was rife because the only corpses available for medical study were those of hanged murderers.
from Routledge Kegan & Paul (March 1, 1988)
9780710209191 | details & prices | List price $29.50
About: A richly fascinating compendium of everything you wanted to know about funeral customs, grave-robbery and the dissecting table in the 19th century.
About: A richly fascinating compendium of everything you wanted to know about funeral customs, grave-robbery and the dissecting table in the 19th century.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
2 edition from Univ of Chicago Pr (December 1, 2000)
9780226712406 | details & prices | 453 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $26.00
from Penguin USA (August 1, 1989)
9780140228625 | details & prices | List price $9.95
About: This study reveals the horrifying fate of dead criminals in the nineteenth century whose bodies were sentenced to dissection as an expression of society's revulsion at their crimes, the consequences of which sometimes led to bodysnatching and the selling of victims' bodies to anatomists.
About: This study reveals the horrifying fate of dead criminals in the nineteenth century whose bodies were sentenced to dissection as an expression of society's revulsion at their crimes, the consequences of which sometimes led to bodysnatching and the selling of victims' bodies to anatomists.
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