Jackson, Mark,  1959- <br/><br/>
The age of stress :  science and the search for stability / 
Mark Jackson. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 311 pages) 
 - Oxford historical monographs .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue : the age of stress --  The shock of modernity --  Adaptation and disease --  The biochemistry of life --  The cathedral of stress --  Coping with stress --  The pursuit of happiness --  Epilogue : the search for stability. 
<br/><br/> An exploration of the history of scientific studies of stress in the modern world, revealing how the science that legitimates and fuels current anxieties about stress has been shaped by a wide range of socio-political and cultural, as well as biological factors. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191641138 9780191750779 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB2B4178  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016209961  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Stress (Psychology)<br/>Stress (Physiology)<br/>Science and psychology.<br/>Diseases--Causes and theories of causation.<br/>Life change events.<br/>Adaptation (Biology)<br/>Happiness.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF575  / .A346 2013