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9780801891465 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Hedonizing Technologies

  • Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure
  • Rachel P. Maines's latest work examines the rise of hobbies and leisure activities in Western culture from antiquity to the present day. As technologies are 'hedonized,' consumers find increasing pleasure in the hobbies' associated tools, methods, and instructional literature.Work once essential to survival and comfort -- gardening, hunting, ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780801891465 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $130.00
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  • Local release date: 14/10/2009
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  • Categories: History of science [PDX]
9780801866463 Academic Inspection Copy
  • The Technology of Orgasm

  • "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction
  • From the time of Hippocrates until the 1920s, massaging female patients to orgasm was a staple of medical practice among Western physicians in the treatment of ''hysteria,'' an ailment once considered both common and chronic in women. Doctors loathed this time-consuming procedure and for centuries relied on midwives. Later, they substituted the ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780801866463 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $58.99
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  • Local release date: 14/05/2001
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Categories: History of science [PDX]
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