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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Blackwell Pub
Publication date June 14, 2004
Pages 144
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781405107457
ISBN-10 1405107456
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight 0.46 lbs.
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $38.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Stress: A Brief History is a lively, accessible, and detailed examination of the origins of the field of stress research.

  • First concise, accessible, academically grounded book on the origins of the concept of stress.
  • Explores different theories and models of stress such as the psychosomatic approach, homeostasis, and general adaptation syndrome.
  • Discusses the work and intriguing contributions of key researchers in the field such as Walter Cannon, Hans Selye, Harold Wolff, and Richard Lazarus.
  • Explains the origins of key concepts in stress such as stressful life events, the coronary-prone personality, and appraisals and coping.
  • Culminates in a discussion of what makes a good theory and what obligations stress researchers have to those whose working lives they study.


Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9781405107440
 
from Blackwell Pub (April 1, 2004)
9781405107440 | details & prices | 144 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $127.95
Paperback
Book cover for 9781405107457
 
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from Blackwell Pub (June 14, 2004)
9781405107457 | details & prices | 144 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.46 lbs | List price $38.95
About: Stress: A Brief History is a lively, accessible, and detailed examination of the origins of the field of stress research.
Miscellaneous
With Cary L. Cooper | Onl edition from John Wiley & Sons Inc (February 25, 2008)
9780470774755 | details & prices | 160 pages | List price $100.00

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