The Citizen's Body: Desire, Health, and the Social in Victorian England by Pamela K. Gilbert

The Citizen's Body: Desire, Health, and the Social in Victorian England

Pamela K. Gilbert

194 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics health history literary challenging informative medium-paced
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As the idea of citizenship became more inclusive in the nineteenth century, England confronted the problem of those who seemed less fit for the responsibilities of political power. In a liberal society, fit behaviors had to originate in individual...

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