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Autore |
Jackson Mark |
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Titolo |
Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945-85 / / edited by Mark Jackson |
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Taylor & Francis, 2015 |
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London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-65409-1 |
1-317-31804-8 |
1-78144-440-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ; ; Number 23 |
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Soggetti |
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War neuroses - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
World War, 1914-1918 - Veterans - Mental health - Great Britain |
World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Stress in Post-War Britain: An Introduction; 1 From War to Peace: Families Adapting to Change; 2 Families, Stress and Mental Illness in Devon, 1940s to 1970s; 3 Gender, Stress and Alcohol Abuse in Post-War Britain; 4 Working Too Hard: Experiences of Worry and Stress in Post-War Britain; 5 Industrial Automation and Stress, c.1945-79; 6 Cultural Change, Stress and Civil Servants' Occupational Health, c.1967-85; 7 Men and Women under Stress: Neuropsychiatric Models of Resilience during and after the Second World War |
8 Stomach for the Peace: Psychosomatic Disorders in UK Veterans and Civilians, 1945-559 Food Allergy, Mental Illness and Stress since 1945; 10 Labouring Stress: Scientific Research, Trade Unions and Perceptions of Workplace Stress in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain; 11 Creating 'The Social': Stress, Domesticity and Attempted Suicide; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in |
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post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies. |
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