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University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Pages
288

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Subjects
Sleep disorders, Sleepwalking, Lifestyles, Sleep Wake Disorders, Life Style, Sleep, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Therapeutic use, Hypnotics and Sedatives, Hypnotics, Central nervous system stimulants, Sedatives, Sleep Disorders
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Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life
2012, University of Minnesota Press
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The slumbering masses: sleep, medicine, and modern American life
2012, University of Minnesota Press
in English
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Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life
2012, University of Minnesota Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life
2012, University of Minnesota Press
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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
A quadrant book

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.196/84980973
Library of Congress
HQ2044.U6 W65 2012, HQ2044.U6W65 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
288

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Open Library
OL25331039M
Internet Archive
slumberingmasses0000wolf
ISBN 13
9780816674749, 9780816674756, 9780816682737
LCCN
2012017393
OCLC/WorldCat
788275263

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