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Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare: Series Number 48: Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain
Tracey Loughran
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Description for Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare: Series Number 48: Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain
hardcover. This book provides a thought-provoking exploration into the diagnosis of shell-shock and medical culture in First World War Britain. Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; JMJ; JWT; MBX; MMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain is a thought-provoking reassessment of medical responses to war-related psychological breakdown in the early twentieth century. Dr Loughran places shell-shock within the historical context of British psychological medicine to examine the intellectual resources doctors drew on as they struggled to make sense of nervous collapse. She reveals how medical approaches to shell-shock were formulated within an evolutionary framework which viewed mental breakdown as regression to a level characteristic of earlier stages of individual or racial development, but also ultimately resulted in greater understanding and acceptance of psychoanalytic approaches to human mind ... Read more
Shell-Shock and Medical Culture in First World War Britain is a thought-provoking reassessment of medical responses to war-related psychological breakdown in the early twentieth century. Dr Loughran places shell-shock within the historical context of British psychological medicine to examine the intellectual resources doctors drew on as they struggled to make sense of nervous collapse. She reveals how medical approaches to shell-shock were formulated within an evolutionary framework which viewed mental breakdown as regression to a level characteristic of earlier stages of individual or racial development, but also ultimately resulted in greater understanding and acceptance of psychoanalytic approaches to human mind ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
Condition
New
Weight
559g
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107128903
SKU
V9781107128903
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Ref
99-16
About Tracey Loughran
Tracey Loughran is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at Cardiff University.
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