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The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment 2nd edition
Julia V. Douthwaite
The Wild Girl, Natural Man, and the Monster: Dangerous Experiments in the Age of Enlightenment 2nd edition
Julia V. Douthwaite
This study looks at the lives of the most famous 'wild children' of eighteenth century Europe, showing how they open a window onto European ideas about the potential and perfectability of mankind. The work contains in-depth reports on feral children and their 'civilisation'.
344 pages, 24 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | June 15, 2002 |
ISBN13 | 9780226160566 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 322 |
Dimensions | 169 × 234 × 17 mm · 450 g |
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