American melancholy : constructions of depression in the twentieth century / Laura D. Hirshbein.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.

x, 194 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prelude to depression -- The expanding diagnosis of depression -- American moods and the consumer solution -- Gender, depression, diagnosis, and power -- Feelings and relationships -- Epilogue: Real men, real depression.