06079nam 2201369Ia 450 991078331200332120230207223625.01-282-75932-997866127593210-520-93163-71-59875-781-410.1525/9780520931633(CKB)1000000000030786(EBL)239234(OCoLC)475950457(SSID)ssj0000110373(PQKBManifestationID)11142832(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110373(PQKBWorkID)10063827(PQKB)11170002(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056146(MiAaPQ)EBC239234(OCoLC)61730569(MdBmJHUP)muse30333(DE-B1597)519452(DE-B1597)9780520931633(Au-PeEL)EBL239234(CaPaEBR)ebr10088443(CaONFJC)MIL275932(OCoLC)936910776(EXLCZ)99100000000003078620050223d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBerlin electropolis[electronic resource] shock, nerves, and German modernity /Andreas KillenBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (307 p.)Weimar and now ;38Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24362-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Berlin Electropolis --2. Electrotherapy and the Nervous Self in Nineteenth-Century Germany --3. Railway Accidents, Social Insurance, and the Pathogenesis of Mass Nervousness, 1889-1914 --4. Electrotherapy and the Nervous Self during Wartime --5. Psychiatrists, Telephone Operators, and Traumatic Neurosis, 1900-1926 --Conclusion --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexBerlin Electropolis ties the German discourse on nervousness in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to Berlin's transformation into a capital of the second industrial revolution. Focusing on three key groups-railway personnel, soldiers, and telephone operators-Andreas Killen traces the emergence in the 1880's and then later decline of the belief that modernity caused nervous illness. During this period, Killen explains, Berlin became arguably the most advanced metropolis in Europe. A host of changes, many associated with breakthroughs in technologies of transportation, communication, and leisure, combined to radically alter the shape and tempo of everyday life in Berlin. The resulting consciousness of accelerated social change and the shocks and afflictions that accompanied it found their consummate expression in the discourse about nervousness. Wonderfully researched and clearly written, this book offers a wealth of new insights into the nature of the modern metropolis, the psychological aftermath of World War I, and the operations of the German welfare state. Killen also explores cultural attitudes toward electricity, the evolution of psychiatric thought and practice, and the status of women workers in Germany's rapidly industrializing economy. Ultimately, he argues that the backlash against the welfare state that occurred during the late Weimar Republic brought about the final decoupling of modernity and nervous illness.Weimar and now ;38.NeurastheniaSocial aspectsGermanyBerlinHistoryMental fatigueSocial aspectsGermanyBerlinHistoryElectrotherapeuticsGermanyBerlinHistoryElectrificationGermanyBerlinHistoryIndustrializationGermanyBerlinPsychological aspectsSocial changeGermanyBerlinPsychological aspectsRailroadsEmployeesMental healthGermanyBerlinTelephone operatorsMental healthGermanyBerlinSoldiersMental healthGermanyBerlinPsychiatryGermanyBerlinHistoryberlin.brain.electricity.europe.factory workers.german history.german.germany.great war.history of medicine.history.industrial revolution.insanity.labor.lunacy.madness.manichean teleology.medical community.metropolis.modernity.nervous disorders.nervous illness.nervousness.nonfiction.psyche.psychiatry.psychology.ptsd.railways.science.shell shock.social change.technology.telephone operators.trauma.veterans.weimar republic.welfare state.women workers.world war one.ww1.NeurastheniaSocial aspectsHistory.Mental fatigueSocial aspectsHistory.ElectrotherapeuticsHistory.ElectrificationHistory.IndustrializationPsychological aspects.Social changePsychological aspects.RailroadsEmployeesMental healthTelephone operatorsMental healthSoldiersMental healthPsychiatryHistory.362.196/8528/00943155Killen Andreas1467797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783312003321Berlin electropolis3678627UNINA