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Breasts : a natural and unnatural history Cover Image Book Book

Breasts : a natural and unnatural history / Florence Williams.

Williams, Florence, 1967- (Author).

Summary:

An engaging narrative about an incredible, life-giving organ and its imperiled modern fate.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393063186 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780393063189 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: ix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: planet breast -- For whom the bells toll -- Circular beginnings -- Plumbing: a primer -- Fill her up -- Toxic assets: the growing breast -- Shampoo, macaroni, and the American girl: spring comes early -- The pregnancy paradox -- What's for dinner? -- Holy crap: Herman, Hamlet, and the all-important human gut -- Sour milk -- An unfamiliar wilderness: periods, the pill, and HRT -- The few, the proud, the afflicted: can Marines solve the puzzle of breast cancer? -- Are you dense? The aging breast -- The future of breasts.

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Subject: Breast > History.
Breast > Psychological aspects.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Columbia Gorge Community College Library HEALTH & MEDICAL WILLI 2012 (Text) 33892002461433 Main Collection Available -
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