Left-handers have been described as "a people without a history." This special issue provides scholarly analyses of aspects of asymmetry in history, from the Renaissance to the 20th Century.
Lauren Harris presents three studies describing:
An 1811 American child-care manual for parents fearing, "lest their children should be left-handed";
Manuals on swordsmanship from the Renaissance onwards describing the "accepted minority" of left-handed swordsmen, a minority that still dominates the Olympics;
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Left-handers have been described as "a people without a history." This special issue provides scholarly analyses of aspects of asymmetry in history...
