{"product_id":"neurasthenic-nation-americas-search-for-health-happiness-and-comfort-18691920-critical-issues-in-health-and-medicine-critical-issues-in-he-9780813551319","title":"Neurasthenic Nation Americas Search for Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Schuster's \u003ci\u003eNeurasthenic Nation\u003c\/i\u003e provides a vivid and compelling account of neurasthenia and its place in American medicine and culture.\" -- Laura Hirshbein * author of American Melancholy *\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] excellent study. The book is a worthy addition to the voluminous literature on neurasthenia.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Historian *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNeurasthenic Nation\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e * Isis *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Professional Medicine and the Discovery of Neurasthenia\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 The Popular Diagnosis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 The Search for Inspiration: Neurasthenia and Therapeutic Spirituality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 Neurasthenia, Health, and Gender\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 Lifestyle and Managing the Healthy Balance\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 The Decline of Neurasthenia\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Neurasthenia’s Legacy\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405781967191,"sku":"9780813551319","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/neurasthenic-nation-americas-search-for-health-happiness-and-comfort-18691920-critical-issues-in-health-and-medicine-critical-issues-in-he-9780813551319","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}