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Author:

Lunden, Jennifer (Jennifer L.), 1967- author.

Title:

American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life / Jennifer Lunden.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harper Wavean imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

viii, 456 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lunden, Jennifer--(Jennifer L.),--1967---Health.
James, Alice,--1848-1892--Health.
Chronic fatigue syndrome--Patients--United States--Biography.
Women authors, American--Biography.
Women--History.--United States--History.
Women's health services--United States--History.
Diagnosis--United States--History.
Discrimination in medical care--United States--History.
Autobiographies.
Informational works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Bankruptcy -- Still waters -- Elephant -- Territories -- Minefield -- Our domestic poisons -- Our domestic poisons, redux -- Spin -- Clockwork -- Load -- Gilt -- Asylum -- Bedlam -- Pulse -- Treasure house -- Rewiring -- Web.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0062941372
9780062941374

LCCN:

2023009708

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)