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Stress has long been considered the price Americans must pay for their way of life. Analyzing and interpreting both popular and academic accounts of stress in cultural terms, this book follows the development of the stress concept into an important vehicle for defining, expressing and containing mid...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Becker, Dana
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Stress has long been considered the price Americans must pay for their way of life. Analyzing and interpreting both popular and academic accounts of stress in cultural terms, this book follows the development of the stress concept into an important vehicle for defining, expressing and containing middle-class anxieties.
Umfang:
1 online resource (256 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-997178-1
0-19-997177-3
0-19-025843-8
Schlagworte:
Stress (Psychology)
Stress management > 21st century.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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