Product Information
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.Product Identifiers
PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-139780465025206
eBay Product ID (ePID)111781183
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Age of Anxiety: a History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers
Publication Year2012
SubjectMedicine
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrea Tone
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height227 mm
Item Weight414 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorAndrea Tone