Bibliograph

The slumbering masses, sleep, medicine, and modern American life, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Type

Label

The slumbering masses, sleep, medicine, and modern American life, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The slumbering masses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

788275263

Responsibility statement

Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

Series statement

Quadrant book

Sub title

sleep, medicine, and modern American life

Summary

Analyzes and critiques how sleep and sleep disorders are understood and treated

Table Of Contents

Abbreviations -- Preface: sleep at the turn of the twenty-first century -- Introduction: from the lone sleeper to the slumbering masses -- Sleeping, past, and present -- The rise of american sleep medicine : diagnosing and misdiagnosing sleep -- The protestant origins of American sleep -- Sleeping and not sleeping in the clinic : how medicine is remaking biology and society -- Cultures of sleep -- Desiring a good night's sleep : order and disorder in everyday life -- Now I lay me down to sleep : children's sleep and the rise of the solitary sleeper -- Pharmaceuticals and the making of modern bodies and rhythms -- Early to rise : creating well-rested American workers -- Chemical consciousness -- Sleeping on the job : from siestas to workplace naps -- Take back your time : activism and overworked Americans -- The limits of sleep -- Unconscious criminality : sleepwalking murders, drowsy driving and the vigilance of the law -- The extremes of sleep : war, sports, and science -- Conclusion: the futures of sleep -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index

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