The age of stress : science and the search for stability / Mark Jackson.
The age of stress : science and the search for stability / Mark Jackson.
The age of stress : science and the search for stability / Mark Jackson.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Date
2013.
Call Numbers
G 2014/1721
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue : the age of stress -- The shock of modernity -- Adaptation and disease -- The biochemistry of life -- The cathedral of stress -- Coping with stress -- The pursuit of happiness -- Epilogue : the search for stability.
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2013.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Stress, Psychological
- Stress, Psychological--epidemiology
- Stress, Physiological
- Life Change Events
- Adaptation, Biological
- Happiness
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Summary
"In The Age of Stress, Mark Jackson explores the history of scientific studies of stress in the modern world. In particular, he reveals 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: stress, he argues, is both a condition and...
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The age of stress : science and the search for stability / Mark Jackson.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-299) and index.
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G 2014/1721
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74VKM5OjQgzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKM5OjQgzX
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ISBN
0199588627
9780199588626
DDC
616.98
MMS ID
991021394659702626
