Published October, 2016
By Ian Miller and David Durnin
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A wide ranging volume on medical history, that examines critical areas of health concerns in Ireland through the World Wars. -- .

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Published August, 2016
By Andrew Thompson, Will Jackson and John Mackenzie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Based on over 250 psychiatric case files, this book traces the lives of Kenya's 'white insane' to focus not on the 'great white hunters' and heroic pioneer farmers but on those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, the book raises important new questions around deviance, transgression and social control. -- .

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Published August, 2016
By Simona Giordano, Margaret Brazier, Emma Cave and Rebecca Bennett
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This fully revised and update edition provides an incisive survey of the legal situation in areas as diverse as fertility treatment, patient consent, assisted dying, malpractice and medical privacy. -- .

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Published May, 2016
By Campbell Price, Roger Forshaw, Andrew Chamberlain, Paul Nicholson, Robert Morkot and Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This volume presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medicine. Drawing on recent archaeological fieldwork, new research on human remains, reassessments of ancient texts and modern experimental archaeology, it seeks to answer some of Egyptology's biggest questions. -- .

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Published May, 2016
By Katherine Foxhall
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Students and lecturers in British and colonial medical, social and maritime history. -- .

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Published April, 2016
By Ana Carden-Coyne, Julie Anderson, Bertrand Taithe, Penny Summerfield, Peter Gatrell and Max Jones
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Through a series of thematic chapters, this book focuses on the nature of injured and disabled bodies in relation to rehabilitative practices established in Britain during and immediately following the Second World War. -- .

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Published February, 2016
By Julie Anderson, Martin Atherton, Rebecca Mortimer and Walton Schalick
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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A case study of deaf people's leisure in England within a wider British context and gives insights into a misunderstood, misrepresented community. It questions perceptions of deafness as a disability and shows the importance of shared leisure in community formation and how changing patterns of socialisation are affecting British society. -- .

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Published February, 2016
By Christine Hallett, Tommy Dickinson and Jane E. Schultz
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them. -- .

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Published February, 2016
By Christine Hallett, Christine E. Hallett, Rebecca Mortimer and Jane E. Schultz
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Examines the experiences of First World War nurses through their own writings, offering fresh insights into the reality of industrial warfare. -- .

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Published February, 2016
By Irina Metzler, Julie Anderson, Rebecca Mortimer and Walton Schalick
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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Combines modern and medieval approaches to intellectual disability, and engages with a very wide range of sources in order to fill a major gap in this relatively new field, and demonstrate that disability, illness and healthcare are embedded in daily life -- .

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