| Description |
255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Paleolithic Pyrenean woman's hand -- Queen Hatshepsut's beard -- Zeus's penis -- Cleopatra's nose -- Trieu Thi Trinh's breasts -- St. Cuthbert's fingernails -- Lady Xoc's tongue -- Al-Ma'arri's eyes -- Timur's (Tamerlane's) leg -- Richard III's back -- Martin Luther's bowels -- Anne Boleyn's heart -- Charles I's and Oliver Cromwell's heads -- Charles II of Spain's jaw -- George Washington's (fake) teeth -- Benedict Arnold's leg -- Marat's skin -- Lord Byron's foot -- Harriet Tubman's brain -- The Bell family's ears -- Kaiser Wilhelm's arm -- Mary Mallon's Gallbladder -- Lenin's skin -- Qui Jin's feet -- Einstein's brain -- Frida Kahlo's spine -- Alan Shephard's bladder. |
| Summary |
"Explore the history your textbook left out through the eyes (mouth, ears, and spleen) of the world's most iconic players in A History of the World Through Body Parts, a curious collection of unbelievable anecdotes all about the body. In this book, you'll learn all about: The Mayan history of bloodletting and Lady Xoc's pierced tongue; The double decapitations that altered the course of the English monarchy; Global feminism and the unbinding of Chinese revolutionary Qiu Jin's feet; Lenin's postmortem pickled skin and its influence on the Soviet Union. Drawing from various countries and cultures, the stories in this book explore the unique body parts of infamous icons and how they shaped the world around them. From Lord Byron's foot to Saint Cuthburt's posthumous manicures, this book's new way of archiving the past will shake you to your core--literally."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Human body.
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Human physiology.
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Human body -- History.
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| Added Author |
Petras, Ross, author.
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| ISBN |
9781797202846 (hardback) |
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1797202847 (hardback) |
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