Brumberg, Joan Jacobs

Chronicles the events surrounding the trial and hanging of Charles Miller, a fifteen-year-old boy who, in September, 1890, shot and killed two young men in a box car headed for Wyoming.

Offers a solution to the mystery of anorexia nervosa by linking cultural forces to individual biomedical and psychological factors.

Presents a history of women's food refusal which began in the sixteenth century and examines anorexia nervosa, it's emergence as a disease, and the way doctors treat it.

Offers a solution to the mystery of anorexia nervosa by linking cultural forces to individual biomedical and psychological factors.

Presents historical evidence, based on research that includes the diaries of American girls written between the 1830s and 1990s, to show how the process of maturation has changed since the nineteenth century, making young women more anxious than ever before about their bodies and themselves.

Presents historical evidence, based on research that includes the diaries of American girls written between the 1830s and 1990s, to show how the process of maturation has changed since the nineteenth century, making young women more anxious than ever before about their bodies and themselves.