The Material Body: Embodiment, History and Archaeology in Industrialising England, 1700-1850

This book combines the approaches of historians and archaeologists to explore past individuals as embodied subjects by examining the material and experiencing body in England, 1700-1850. It explores precisely how the biological, physical, environmental, cultural and social interacted in the production of the embodied experiences.

Elizabeth Craig-Atkins is a Senior Lecturer in Human Osteology at the University of Sheffield
Karen Harvey is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Birmingham