Mark Jackson

The midlife crisis has become a cliché in modern society. Since the mid-twentieth century, the term has been used to explain infidelity in middle-aged men, disillusionment with personal achievements, the pain and sadness associated with separation and divorce, and the fear of approaching death. Broken Dreams provides a meticulously researched account of the social and cultural conditions in which middle-aged...

The Routledge History of Disease draws on innovative scholarship in the history of medicine to explore the challenges involved in writing about health and disease throughout the past and across the globe. It presents a varied range of case studies and perspectives on the patterns, technologies, and narratives of disease that can be identified in the past and that continue...