Invalidism and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780226261201
Subjects: Disability: social aspects; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History: American; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - General; General; Health - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; 19th century; Chronic diseases; Great Britain
First sentence: In 1852 the publishers Aylott and Jones in London issued a work titled The Invalid's Own Book, written anonymously by "a Fellow Sufferer."