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Neurasthenic Nation America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869--1920 (2011)

Schuster, David G. (Author)

Rutgers University Press

ISBN: 9780813552224

Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: xiii + 203 pp.; ill.
Language: English

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Neurasthenia Modernization Medicine and society Health Mental disorders and diseases Clinical psychology 19th century 20th century, early United States

Neurasthenic Nation investigates how the concept of neurasthenia, the ill effects of modern civilization such as insomnia or impotence, helped doctors and patients, men and women, and advertisers and consumers negotiate changes commonly associated with modernity; Combining a survey of medical and popular literature on neurasthenia with original research into rare archives of personal letters, patient records, and corporate files, David Schuster charts the emergence of a neurasthenic nation; a place where people saw their personal health as inextricably tied to...

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Review Horowitz, Helen (2013) Review of "Neurasthenic Nation America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869--1920". Social History of Medicine (pp. 145-146). unapi

Review Morantz-Sanchez, Regina (2012) Review of "Neurasthenic Nation America's Search for Health, Happiness, and Comfort, 1869--1920". American Historical Review (pp. 532-533). unapi

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