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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.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3059173~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO JAMES    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Biography  BIO JAMES    AVAILABLE
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Description 456 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject James, Alice, 1848-1892 -- Health.
Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Women's health services -- United States -- History.
Diagnosis -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States -- History.
Lunden, Jennifer (Jennifer L.), 1967- -- Health.
Women authors, American -- Biography.
Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780062941374 (hardcover)
0062941372 (hardcover)
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