The Age of Stress: Science and the Search for Stability

The Age of Stress: Science and the Search for Stability An exploration of the history of scientific studies of stress in the modern world. Reveals how the science that legitimates and fuels current anxieties about stress has been shaped by a wide range of socio-political and cultural, as well as biological, factors: stress is both a condition and a metaphor. Autor: Mark (Professor of the History of Medicine Jackson Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press Rok wydania: 2013 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 326 Wymiary: 24.3 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm Ilustracje: 12 black and white images Język: angielski ISBN: 9780199588626