The age of stress : science and the search for stability /
An exploration of the history of scientific studies of stress in the modern world, revealing 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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | An exploration of the history of scientific studies of stress in the modern world, revealing 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191641138 0191641138 9781299356054 1299356052 9780191750779 0191750778 |