The Cult of Youth: Anti-Ageing in Modern Britain
- Submitting institution
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The University of Leeds
- Unit of assessment
- 30 - Philosophy
- Output identifier
- UOA30-2141
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781108484152
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- The monograph. of 254 pages, contains 5 substantive chapters, each of 12,000-15,000 words, and advances a distinct and significant historical thesis. The book highlights the interplay between parallel methods and ideas of rejuvenation practised in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century. It argues that attempts to stay young were not simply frivolous vanity but part of a yearning to preserve the health of the nation: a feature not visible through study of any single rejuvenation method alone. Taken together, the chapters significantly advance our understanding of medicine, commerce, and ageing in this period.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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