The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was... by Whorton, James C. Paperback

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Date of Publication
2011-07-14
Release Title
The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Hom...
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Whorton, James C.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199605998
ISBN-13
9780199605996
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108195742

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Arsenic Century : How Victorian Britain Was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Mining, Europe / Great Britain / General, Chemistry / General
Type
Textbook
Author
James C. Whorton
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
7.5 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"James C. Whorton has written a lovely book, a near-perfect blend of rigorous scholarship and jaunty story-telling." --Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian, "A lovely book, a near-perfect blend of rigorous scholarship and jaunty storytelling." --Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian, 'Review from previous edition As well as opening up vistas of Victorian science, 'The Arsenic Century' is a good read.'W F Bynum, Nature'Lively account...This is a model for intellectually sound popular history...'Arsenic Century' has much to recommend it.'Ian Burney, BBC History Magazine'I'd recommend this fascinating book.'Rebecca Armstrong, The Arsenic Century'James C. Whorton has written a lovely book, a near-perfect blend of rigorous scholarship and jaunty story-telling.'Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian'Brilliantly informative and entertaining book.'Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian'A lovely book, a near-perfect blend of rigorous scholarship and jaunty storytelling.'Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian'The story his book tells is both gripping and terrible.'Sunday Times, John Carey, "A compelling and entertaining read, with much tongue-in-cheek humor, but it is not for the fainthearted, as symptoms and distress are graphically described and illustrated. The narrative is a complex mix of quotation and the author s own words, which creates the feel of a Victorian melodrama. It is well researched and finely detailed with the history of legislative controls, medical advances, and the development of medical jurisprudence all successfully interwoven throughout the narrative. Although the text has wide popular appeal, it will also be of interest to scholars researching environmental, legal, and medical history." -- Journal of British Studies, "Lively account...This is a model for intellectually sound popular history...'Arsenic Century' has much to recommend it." --Ian Burney, BBC History Magazine, "Review from previous edition: As well as opening up vistas of Victorian science, 'The Arsenic Century' is a good read." --W F Bynum, Nature, "A compelling and entertaining read, with much tongue-in-cheek humor, but it is not for the fainthearted, as symptoms and distress are graphically described and illustrated. The narrative is a complex mix of quotation and the author s own words, which creates the feel of a Victorian melodrama. It is well researched and finely detailed with the history of legislative controls, medical advances, and the development of medical jurisprudence all successfully interwoven throughout the narrative. Although the text has wide popular appeal, it will also be of interest to scholars researching environmental, legal, and medical history." --Journal of British Studies
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
669.75
Table Of Content
1. 'Such an Instrument of Death and Agony'2. 'A New Race of Poisoners'3. A New Breed of Detectives4. 'The Chief Terror of Poisoners'5. A Penn'orth of Poison6. 'Sugared Death'7. 'The Hue of Death, the Tint of the Grave'8. Walls of Death9. Physician-assisted Poisoning10. 'A Very Wholesome Poison'11. Poison in the Factory and on the Farm12. 'Dangers that Lie Wait in the Pint-Pot'NotesIndex
Synopsis
The story of arsenic in Victorian Britain, looking both at its widespread presence in everything from candles to curtains, and also its more sinister use for murder and suicide., Arsenic is rightly infamous as the poison of choice for Victorian murderers. Yet the great majority of fatalities from arsenic in the nineteenth century came not from intentional poisoning, but from accident. Kept in many homes for the purpose of poisoning rats, the white powder was easily mistaken for sugar or flour and often incorporated into the family dinner. It was also widely present in green dyes, used to tint everything from candles and candies to curtains, wallpaper, and clothing (it was arsenic in old lace that was the danger). Whether at home amidst arsenical curtains and wallpapers, at work manufacturing these products, or at play swirling about the papered, curtained ballroom in arsenical gowns and gloves, no one was beyond the poison's reach. Drawing on the medical, legal, and popular literature of the time, The Arsenic Century paints a vivid picture of its wide-ranging and insidious presence in Victorian daily life, weaving together the history of its emergence as a nearly inescapable household hazard with the sordid story of its frequent employment as a tool of murder and suicide. And ultimately, as the final chapter suggests, arsenic in Victorian Britain was very much the pilot episode for a series of environmental poisoning dramas that grew ever more common during the twentieth century and still has no end in sight.
LC Classification Number
QD181.A7

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