The book of phobias & manias : a history of obsession /
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-
The book of phobias & manias : a history of obsession / Book of phobias and manias Kate Summerscale. - 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and indexes.
"The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, the rare and the familiar, from ablutophobia (a horror of washing) to syllogomania (a compulsion to hoard) to zoophobia (a fear of animals)"--
9780593489758 0593489756
Phobias.
Mania.
Psychoanalysis.
The book of phobias & manias : a history of obsession / Book of phobias and manias Kate Summerscale. - 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-239) and indexes.
"The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, the rare and the familiar, from ablutophobia (a horror of washing) to syllogomania (a compulsion to hoard) to zoophobia (a fear of animals)"--
9780593489758 0593489756
Phobias.
Mania.
Psychoanalysis.