Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945-85 / / edited by Mark Jackson

• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Disciplina: 300
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences
• Persona (resp. second.): JacksonMark
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Stress in Post-War Britain: An Introduction, Mark Jackson; Chapter 1 From War to Peace: Families Adapting to Change, Pamela Richardson; Chapter 2 Families, Stress and Mental Illness in Devon, 1940s to 1970s, Nicole Baur; Chapter 3 Gender, Stress and Alcohol Abuse in Post-War Britain, Ali Haggett; Chapter 4 Working too Hard: Experiences of Worry and Stress in Post-War Britain, Jill Kirby; Chapter 5 Industrial Automation and Stress, c. 1945-79, Sarah Hayes; Chapter 6 Cultural Change, Stress and Civil Servants' Occupational Health, c. 1967-85, Debbie Palmer; Chapter 7 Men and Women Under Stress: Neuropsychiatric Models of Resilience During and after the Second World War, Mark Jackson; Chapter 8 Stomach for the Peace: Psychosomatic Disorders in UK Veterans and Civilians, 1945-55, Edgar Jones; Chapter 9 Food Allergy, Mental Illness and Stress Since 1945, Matthew Smith; Chapter 10 Labouring Stress: Scientific Research, Trade Unions and Perceptions of Workplace Stress in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain, Joseph Melling; Chapter 11 Creating 'The Social': Stress, Domesticity and Attempted Suicide, Chris Millard.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945-85
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910476815103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II