American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life /
Lunden, Jennifer 1967-
American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life / Our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the 19th-century woman who brought me back to life. Jennifer Lunden. - First edition. - viii, 456 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-446) and index.
Bankruptcy -- Still waters -- Elephant -- Territories -- Minefield -- Our domestic poisons -- Our domestic poisons, redux -- Spin -- Clockwork -- Load -- Gilt -- Asylum -- Bedlam -- Pulse -- Treasure house -- Rewiring -- Web.
"A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century neuraesthenics to current day chronic and stress-related illnesses--that seeks to answer the question who gets sick, and why?"--
9780062941374 0062941372
2023009708
Lunden, Jennifer 1967- --Health.
James, Alice, 1848-1892 --Health.
Chronic fatigue syndrome--Patients--United States--Biography.
Women authors, American--Biography.
Women--Health and hygiene--History.--United States
Women's health services--History.--United States
Diagnosis--History.--United States
Discrimination in medical care--History.--United States
Autobiographies.
American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life / Our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the 19th-century woman who brought me back to life. Jennifer Lunden. - First edition. - viii, 456 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-446) and index.
Bankruptcy -- Still waters -- Elephant -- Territories -- Minefield -- Our domestic poisons -- Our domestic poisons, redux -- Spin -- Clockwork -- Load -- Gilt -- Asylum -- Bedlam -- Pulse -- Treasure house -- Rewiring -- Web.
"A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist Alice James and the 19th century neuraesthenics to current day chronic and stress-related illnesses--that seeks to answer the question who gets sick, and why?"--
9780062941374 0062941372
2023009708
Lunden, Jennifer 1967- --Health.
James, Alice, 1848-1892 --Health.
Chronic fatigue syndrome--Patients--United States--Biography.
Women authors, American--Biography.
Women--Health and hygiene--History.--United States
Women's health services--History.--United States
Diagnosis--History.--United States
Discrimination in medical care--History.--United States
Autobiographies.