Happy Pills in America: From Miltown to Prozac Paperback - 2010 - 1st Edition
by David Herzberg
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David Herzberg follows the rise of psychiatric medicines, from Miltown in the 1950s to Valium in the 1970s to Prozac in the 1990s. After a market for psychoactive drugs emerged in the postwar consumer culture, "happy pills" became embroiled in Cold War gender battles and the explosive politics of the "war against drugs". In a dramatic campaign against Valium addiction, feminists brought the two issues together in the 1970s. The Prozac phenomenon, too, owed as much to commerce and culture as to scientific achievement. Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II.
"Excellent . . . stresses the dynamics of sex roles and social class that underlie the culture of psychotropic drug use."--New England Journal of Medicine
"Draws attention to the important issue of happiness as an increasingly medicalized commodity in that context."--Bulletin of the History of Medicine
"By placing human action at the heart of this culturally rich history, Herzberg has written a masterful account of the travels of 'happy pills' from Madison Avenue to your medicine cabinet."--Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
"A brilliant book, rich and mind-bending . . . Unlike most others on the subject, Happy Pills seeks not to condemn or celebrate but to understand."--Business History Review
"Herzberg eloquently guides us through the world of happy pills in post-World War II America . . . Engaging, insightful, and well researched."--Journal of American History
David Herzberg is an assistant professor of history at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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- Title Happy Pills in America: From Miltown to Prozac
- Author David Herzberg
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication date 2010-09-16
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780801898143 / 0801898145
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.9 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.29 cm)
- Age range 22 to UP years
- Grade levels 17 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Category Medical / Nursing
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - 20th century, History, 20th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code 362.29
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