Product Information
Shorter shows how psychosomatic symptoms are related to cultural conditions. In the repressive Victorian period, such symptoms were generally hysteria and paralysis. In the permissive society, they took the form of enervation and languor.Product Identifiers
PublisherFree Press
ISBN-100029286654
ISBN-139780029286654
eBay Product ID (ePID)13761
Product Key Features
Book TitleFrom Paralysis to Fatigue : a History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Psychopathology / General, Disease & Health Issues
Publication Year1991
GenrePsychology, History, Social Science
AuthorEdward Shorter
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition21
Lccn91-024912
Dewey Decimal616/.0019
Lc Classification NumberRc49.S435 1992