LEADER 05014nam 2200949Ia 450 001 9911135387203321 005 20251116150917.0 010 $a9786612759321 010 $a9781282759329 010 $a1282759329 010 $a9780520931633 010 $a0520931637 010 $a9781598757811 010 $a1598757814 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520931633 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030786 035 $a(EBL)239234 035 $a(OCoLC)475950457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000110373 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142832 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110373 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10063827 035 $a(PQKB)11170002 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056146 035 $a(OCoLC)61730569 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30333 035 $a(DE-B1597)519452 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520931633 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL239234 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10088443 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275932 035 $a(OCoLC)936910776 035 $a(Perlego)550937 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC239234 035 $a(UkBuK)808249 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030786 100 $a20050223d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBerlin electropolis $eshock, nerves, and German modernity /$fAndreas Killen 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$cUniversity of California Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 1 $aWeimar and now ;$v38 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780520243620 311 08$a0520243625 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Berlin Electropolis --$t2. Electrotherapy and the Nervous Self in Nineteenth-Century Germany --$t3. Railway Accidents, Social Insurance, and the Pathogenesis of Mass Nervousness, 1889-1914 --$t4. Electrotherapy and the Nervous Self during Wartime --$t5. Psychiatrists, Telephone Operators, and Traumatic Neurosis, 1900-1926 --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aBerlin Electropolis ties the German discourse on nervousness in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to Berlin's transformation into a capital of the second industrial revolution. Focusing on three key groups-railway personnel, soldiers, and telephone operators-Andreas Killen traces the emergence in the 1880's and then later decline of the belief that modernity caused nervous illness. During this period, Killen explains, Berlin became arguably the most advanced metropolis in Europe. A host of changes, many associated with breakthroughs in technologies of transportation, communication, and leisure, combined to radically alter the shape and tempo of everyday life in Berlin. The resulting consciousness of accelerated social change and the shocks and afflictions that accompanied it found their consummate expression in the discourse about nervousness. Wonderfully researched and clearly written, this book offers a wealth of new insights into the nature of the modern metropolis, the psychological aftermath of World War I, and the operations of the German welfare state. Killen also explores cultural attitudes toward electricity, the evolution of psychiatric thought and practice, and the status of women workers in Germany's rapidly industrializing economy. Ultimately, he argues that the backlash against the welfare state that occurred during the late Weimar Republic brought about the final decoupling of modernity and nervous illness. 410 0$aWeimar and now ;$v38. 606 $aNeurasthenia$xSocial aspects$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory 606 $aMental fatigue$xSocial aspects$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory 606 $aElectrotherapeutics$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory 606 $aElectrification$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory 606 $aIndustrialization$zGermany$zBerlin$xPsychological aspects 606 $aSocial change$zGermany$zBerlin$xPsychological aspects 606 $aRailroads$xEmployees$xMental health$zGermany$zBerlin 606 $aTelephone operators$xMental health$zGermany$zBerlin 606 $aSoldiers$xMental health$zGermany$zBerlin 606 $aPsychiatry$zGermany$zBerlin$xHistory 615 0$aNeurasthenia$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aMental fatigue$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aElectrotherapeutics$xHistory. 615 0$aElectrification$xHistory. 615 0$aIndustrialization$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aSocial change$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aRailroads$xEmployees$xMental health 615 0$aTelephone operators$xMental health 615 0$aSoldiers$xMental health 615 0$aPsychiatry$xHistory. 676 $a362.196/8528/00943155 700 $aKillen$b Andreas 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911135387203321 997 $aUNINA