American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life
(2023)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
616.0478/LUNDEN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
viii, 456 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062941374, 0062941372 :, 0062941372, 9780062941374
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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?"--