The Age of Anxiety
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A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers
Drugs for anxiety are a billion-dollar business in the United States. Yet in 1955, when the prescription tranquilizer Miltown became available, pharmaceutical executives worried that there was no market. In The Age of Anxiety , historian Andrea Tone provides a comprehensive account of the rise of America's prescription drug culture through the lens of our complicated relationship with tranquilizers.
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- ISBN: 9780465025206
- Author: Andrea Tone
- Pub date: 03.01.12
- RRP: $39.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Andrea Tone
Andrea Tone is Canada Research Chair in the Social History of Medicine at McGill University. She lives in Montreal.