Progress and Pathology: Medicine and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Shuttleworth, Sally (Editor), Dickson, Melissa (Editor), Taylor-Brown, Emilie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1526133687 ISBN-13: 9781526133687 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $43.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 19th Century - Social Science |
Series: Social Histories of Medicine |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (1.85 lbs) 392 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Conditions such as stress, burnout, overwork, and fatigue are central preoccupations of our era; however, they have a longer history that give depth to contemporary debates. Similar problems were diagnosed in the nineteenth century, as popular and medical understandings of the mind and body were challenged and reframed by the politics and structures of 'modern life'. Engaging with current scholarship on childhood, consumer culture, disability studies, and the history of medicine, science, and technology, this collaborative volume explores how emotional and physical ailments of the nineteenth century were often understood as uniquely 'modern'. |