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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David G SchusterPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9780813551319ISBN 10: 0813551315 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 29 August 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Professional Medicine and the Discovery of Neurasthenia Chapter 2 The Popular Diagnosis Chapter 3 The Search for Inspiration: Neurasthenia and Therapeutic Spirituality Chapter 4 Neurasthenia, Health, and Gender Chapter 5 Lifestyle and Managing the Healthy Balance Chapter 6 The Decline of Neurasthenia Epilogue: Neurasthenia’s Legacy Notes IndexReviewsNeurasthenic Nation offers a thoughtful and accessible guide to the history of neurasthenia in the United States, one especially sensitive to the role of gender and the relationship between clinicians and clients. --Isis David G. Schuster provides a comprehensive examination of the origins and nature of [neurasthenia], but more importantly he captures why it became such an important social, economic, and cultural phenomenon, as well as why, after 1920, it declined so precipitously. --Historian [An] excellent study. The book is a worthy addition to the voluminous literature on neurasthenia. --Journal of American History David Schuster's Neurasthenic Nation provides a vivid and compelling account of neurasthenia and its place in American medicine and culture. --Laura Hirshbein author of American Melancholy David Schuster''s Neurasthenic Nation provides a vivid and compelling account of neurasthenia and its place in American medicine and culture. --Laura Hirshbein author of American Melancholy (01/01/2011) David Schuster''s Neurasthenic Nation provides a vivid and compelling account of neurasthenia and its place in American medicine and culture. --Laura Hirshbein author of American Melancholy (01/01/2099) Author InformationDAVID G. SCHUSTER is an assistant professor of history at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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