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.

Main Author: Jackson, Mark, 1959-
Other Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online.
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations.
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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.
Item Description: 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780191750779