Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945-85 / / edited by Mark Jackson
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Taylor & Francis, 2015 |
| London, [England] ; ; Brookfield, Vermont : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2015 | |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.85212 |
| Soggetto topico: | War neuroses - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Veterans - Mental health - Great Britain | |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Medical care - Great Britain | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | JacksonMark |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-315-65409-1 |
| 1-317-31804-8 | |
| 1-78144-440-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910765788203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ; ; Number 23.