Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Reflections on the Desperate Housewife
- 2 The Art of Marriage: Marriage and Mothering during the Post-War Period
- 3 The Housewife's Day: Personal Accounts of Housewifery and Mothering
- 4 Lightening Troubled Minds: Mid-Twentieth Century Medical Understandings of Affective Disorders
- 5 Not Something You Talk About: Personal Accounts of Anxiety and Depression
- 6 For Ladies in Distress: Representations of Anxiety and Depression in the Medical and Popular Press
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Dedication
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1 Reflections on the Desperate Housewife
- 2 The Art of Marriage: Marriage and Mothering during the Post-War Period
- 3 The Housewife's Day: Personal Accounts of Housewifery and Mothering
- 4 Lightening Troubled Minds: Mid-Twentieth Century Medical Understandings of Affective Disorders
- 5 Not Something You Talk About: Personal Accounts of Anxiety and Depression
- 6 For Ladies in Distress: Representations of Anxiety and Depression in the Medical and Popular Press
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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- Publisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014