American Breakdown : : our Ailing Nation, my Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman who Brought me Back to Life
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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?"-- Provided by publisher.
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New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Year Published: 2023
Description: viii, 456 pages ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062941374
0062941372
SUBJECTS
Lunden, Jennifer -- 1967- -- Health.
James, Alice, -- 1848-1892 -- Health.
Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Women authors, American -- Biography.
Women -- History. -- United States
Women's health services -- United States -- History.
Diagnosis -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States -- History.