Roy Porter

79 books

Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul by Simon Schama, Roy Porter

Flesh in the Age of Reason: The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul

Simon Schama, Roy Porter

592 pages • 2003

nonfiction history philosophy science informative slow-paced
Gout: The Patrician Malady by G. S. Rousseau, Roy Porter

Gout: The Patrician Malady

G. S. Rousseau, Roy Porter

408 pages • paperback

nonfiction health history informative medium-paced
Hysteria Beyond Freud by Sander L. Gilman, Roy Porter

Hysteria Beyond Freud

Sander L. Gilman, Roy Porter

478 pages • 1993

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
London: A Social History by Roy Porter

London: A Social History

Roy Porter

431 pages • 1995

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
Madmen: A Social History of Madhouses, Mad DoctorsLunatics by Roy Porter

Madmen: A Social History of Madhouses, Mad DoctorsLunatics

Roy Porter

344 pages • 2004

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The Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology by John North, Roy Porter

The Norton History of Astronomy and Cosmology

John North, Roy Porter

600 pages • 1994

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Patient's Progress: Sickness, Health and Medical Care, 1650-1850 by Dorothy Porter, Roy Porter

Patient's Progress: Sickness, Health and Medical Care, 1650-1850

Medicine and Society

Dorothy Porter, Roy Porter

320 pages • hardcover

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Quacks: Fakers & Charlatans in Medicine by Roy Porter

Quacks: Fakers & Charlatans in Medicine

Roy Porter

383 pages • paperback • 2000

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The Renaissance, Second Edition by Peter Burke, John Breuilly, Roy Porter

The Renaissance, Second Edition

Peter Burke, John Breuilly, Roy Porter

88 pages • paperback

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced
The Age of Anxiety by Peter Troy, Sarah Dunant, Roy Porter

The Age of Anxiety

Peter Troy, Sarah Dunant, Roy Porter

224 pages • 1996

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