Book ID: CBB001551578

Stress, Shock, and Adaptation in the Twentieth Century (2014)

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Cantor, David (Editor)
Ramsden, Edmund (Editor)


University of Rochester Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: vi + 367 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Stress is one of the most widely utilized medical concepts in modern society. Originally used to describe physiological responses to trauma, it is now applied in a variety of other fields and contexts, such as in the construction and expression of personal identity, social relations, building and engineering, and the various complexities of the competitive capitalist economy. In addition, scientists and medical experts use the concept to explore the relationship between an ever-increasing number of environmental stressors and the evolution of an expanding range of mental and chronic organic diseases, such as hypertension, gastric ulcers, arthritis, allergies, and cancer. This edited volume brings together leading scholars to explore the emergence and development of the stress concept and its definitions as they have changed over time. It examines how stress and closely related concepts have been used to connect disciplines such as architecture, ecology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, public health, urban planning, and a range of social sciences; its application in different settings such as the battlefield, workplace, clinic, hospital, and home; and the advancement of techniques of stress management in a number of different national, sociocultural, and scientific locations.

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Authors & Contributors
Sharman Levinson
Stéphanie Pache
Sookyeong Hong
Matarredona Desantes, Nuria
Figueroa Viruega, Edmundo Arturo
Kirby, Jill
Concepts
Psychiatry
Public health
Psychology
Medicine
Social sciences
Architecture
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Modern
Renaissance
Places
France
United States
Netherlands
South Africa
North America
Japan
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