Big & small: a cultural history of extraordinary bodies

Introduction : People big and people small

Part I. Small bodies. Introduction : The little man ; 1. In the beginning was Tom Thumb ; 2. The dwarf in high and popular culture ; 3. Staging the dwarf ; 4. Lilliputians in blackface

Part II. Big bodies. Introduction : The monstrous giant ; 5. Gigantic mechanical Boy Scouts ; 6. The obese girl

Afterword : The human measure.