American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life
Title:
American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life
Author:
Lunden, Jennifer (Jennifer L.), 1967- author.
ISBN:
9780062941374
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 456 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Bankruptcy -- Still waters -- Elephant -- Territories -- Minefield -- Our domestic poisons -- Our domestic poisons, redux -- Spin -- Clockwork -- Load -- Gilt -- Asylum -- Bedlam -- Pulse -- Treasure house -- Rewiring -- Web.
Abstract:
"A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century neuraesthenics to current day chronic and stress-related illnesses--that seeks to answer the question who gets sick, and why?"-- Provided by publisher.
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