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Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85 - Mark Jackson

Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945–85

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Buch | Hardcover
256 Seiten
2015
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-473-3 (ISBN)
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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 post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.

Mark Jackson is Professor of the History of Medicine and Research Theme Leader for Medical Humanities at the University of Exeter. Recent research has focused on the history of allergic diseases, such as asthma, hayfever and eczema, in the modern world, and on the history of stress. Publications include Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine, ed (2011), and The Age of Stress: Science and the Search for Stability (2013), as well numerous edited volumes, book chapters and journal articles.

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;

Reihe/Serie Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 521 g
Themenwelt Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
ISBN-10 1-84893-473-4 / 1848934734
ISBN-13 978-1-84893-473-3 / 9781848934733
Zustand Neuware
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