Prologue : the age of stress -- The shock of modernity -- Adaptation and disease -- The biochemistry of life -- The cathedral of stress -- Coping with stress -- The pursuit of happiness -- Epilogue : the search for stability
Summary
An exploration of the history of scientific studies of stress in the modern world, revealing how the science that legitimates and fuels current anxieties about stress has been shaped by a wide range of socio-political and cultural, as well as biological factors
