The Age of Anxiety A History of America's Turbulent Affair with Tranquilizers |
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| Author:
| Tone, Andrea |
| ISBN: | 978-0-465-02520-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Basic Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.