Book ID: CBB000039036

Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science (1993)

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Schiebinger, Londa L. (Author)


Beacon Press


Publication Date: 1993
Physical Details: ix + 289 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

Description On the influence of ideas on gender and sex in 18th-century natural history.


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Review Porter, R. (1993) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Nature (p. 387). unapi

Review Fausto-Sterling, A. (1995) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (pp. 172-75). unapi

Review Court, G. (1996) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Ecumene (pp. 217-18). unapi

Review Shteir, A.B. (1996) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 730-31). unapi

Review Eden, T. (1994) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology (pp. 581-83). unapi

Review Douthwaite, J. (1995) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (pp. 194-97). unapi

Review Miles, S. (1994) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". American Scientist (pp. 493-94). unapi

Review Jones, J.M. (1995) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Eighteenth-Century Studies (pp. 441-43). unapi

Review Henry, J. (1997) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Journal of Modern History (pp. 563-64). unapi

Review Holmqvist, B. (1997) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Lychnos (pp. 341-42). unapi

Review Findlen, P. (1995) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 369-71). unapi

Review Ritvo, H. (1995) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". William and Mary Quarterly (pp. 374-76). unapi

Review Author missing; (1995) Review of "Nature's body: Gender in the making of modern science". American Historical Review (pp. 510-11). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Singy, Patrick
Porter, Roy S.
Schurch, Millie
Winston, Michael E.
Wagner, Peter
Vartanian, Aram
Concepts
Sexology
Sex differences
Sexual behavior
Sexuality
Science and literature
Penology
Time Periods
18th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
France
United States
Great Britain
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