The slumbering masses
Subtitle: sleep, medicine, and modern American life
By: Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
Series: A quadrant book
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780816674749; 9780816674756; 9780816682737
Subjects: Sleep disorders; Sleepwalking; Lifestyles
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abbreviations; title: Preface: sleep at the turn of the twenty-first century; title: Introduction: from the lone sleeper to the slumbering masses; title: Sleeping, past, and present; title: The rise of american sleep medicine : diagnosing and misdiagnosing sleep; title: The protestant origins of American sleep; title: Sleeping and not sleeping in the clinic : how medicine is remaking biology and society; title: Cultures of sleep; title: Desiring a good night's sleep : order and disorder in everyday life; title: Now I lay me down to sleep : children's sleep and the rise of the solitary sleeper; title: Pharmaceuticals and the making of modern bodies and rhythms; title: Early to rise : creating well-rested American workers; title: Chemical consciousness; title: Sleeping on the job : from siestas to workplace naps; title: Take back your time : activism and overworked Americans; title: The limits of sleep; title: Unconscious criminality : sleepwalking murders, drowsy driving and the vigilance of the law; title: The extremes of sleep : war, sports, and science; title: Conclusion: the futures of sleep; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index.