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A history of fatigue : from the Middle Ages to the present / Georges Vigarello ; translated by Nancy Erber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vigarello, Georges, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire de la fatigue. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Fatigue--History.
- Fatigue.
- Fatigue--Social aspects.
- Mental fatigue--History.
- Mental fatigue.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 431 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, [2022]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Medieval World and the Challenge of Landmarks
- 1. A Clear Picture with Cloudy Landmarks
- 2. The Renowned Fatigue of the Warrior
- 3. The "Necessary" Suffering of the Traveler
- 4. "Redemptive" Fatigue
- 5. Ordinary Work and Everyday Workers: A Relative "Silence"?
- 6. Between Occult Power and the Healing Virtues of Refreshments
- pt. II The Modern World and the Challenge of Categories
- 7. The Invention of Degrees
- 8. Inventing Categories
- 9. The Advent of Numbers
- 10. Diversifying Influences
- 11. The Diversification of Remedies
- 12. Poverty and "Exhaustion"
- pt. III The Enlightenment and the Challenge of the Perceptible
- 13. Feelings at Stake
- 14. Nerves: From a Stimulus to a Whirlwind
- 15. Speaking of Strength
- 16. Suffering from Fatigue: The Beginning of Compassion
- 17. Fatigue is in Demand: The Challenge Begins
- 18. The Beginning of Training and the Review of Time
- pt. IV The Nineteenth Century and the Challenge of Numbers
- 19. The Steadfast Citizen
- 20. A World of Numbers: From Mechanics to Energy
- 21. A Universe under Threat: The Poverty of the Workers
- 22. The World of Output
- 23. The World of "Mental Fatigue"
- 24. Resistance and Growth
- pt. V The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries and the Challenge of Psychology
- 25. Revealing the Psyche
- 26. From Hormones to Stress
- 27. From the "New Man" to Tragedy
- 28. The Promise of Wellbeing?
- 29. From Burn Out to Identity
- Afterword
- 30. Surprises and "Viral" Dangers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1509549250
- 9781509549252
- OCLC:
- 1296406913
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