Stress in Post-War Britain
- ISBN-10
- 131731803X
- ISBN-13
- 9781317318033
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-12-05
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Mark Jackson
Description
In the years following World War II the health and well-being of the nation was of primary concern to the British government. The essays in this collection examine the relationship between health and stress in post-war Britain through a series of carefully connected case studies.
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