Stress in Post-War Britain, 1945-85
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.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, [England] ; Brookfield, Vermont :
Taylor & Francis
2015
2015. |
| Colección: | Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine ;
Number 23. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434471806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
