American nervousness, 1903 : an anecdotal history

Author(s)

• Lutz, Tom

Bibliographic Information

American nervousness, 1903 : an anecdotal history

Tom Lutz

Cornell University Press, 1991

• : cloth
• : pbk

Other Title

1903

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-317) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Hysteria, insomnia, hypochondria, asthma, skin rashes, hay fever, premature baldness, inebriety, nervous exhaustion, brain-collapse--all were symptoms of neurasthenia, the bizarre psychophysiological illness that plagued America's intellectual and economic elite around the turn of the century.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA12911268
• ISBN:
  • 0801425816
  • 0801499011
• LCCN: 90055737
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Ithaca ; Lonon
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 329 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E169.1
  • DC20 : 973.91
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918 -- Psychological aspects
  • LCSH : Neurasthenia -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century