The Social Life of Fluids

Author	: Jules David Law
Publisher	: Cornell University Press
Total Pages	: 220
Release	: 2010
ISBN-10	: 0801449308
ISBN-13	: 9780801449307
Rating	: 4/5 (307 Downloads)

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Download or read book The Social Life of Fluids written by Jules David Law and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzing the expression of scientific understanding and the technological manipulation of fluids--blood, breast milk, and water--in Victorian novels, Law traces the culture's growing anxiety about fluids from the 1830s through the 1890s.

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