Dangerously sleepy : overworked Americans and the cult of manly wakefulness /

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This book explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. The author, a health and labor historian, charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation - and masculinization - of wakefulness in the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Derickson, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Hours of labor > United States > History.
Shift systems > United States > History.
Men > Employment > United States.
Men > United States > Attitudes.
Sleep deprivation > Health aspects > United States.
Sleep deprivation > Social aspects > United States.
Hommes > Travail > États-Unis.
Sommeil > Privation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Travail posté > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hommes > États-Unis > Attitudes.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Hours of labor
Men > Attitudes
Men > Employment
Shift systems
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sleep Is for Sissies : Elite Males as Paragons of Wakefulness
  • In a Drowsy State : The Underregulation of Overwork
  • The Long Turn : Steelworkers and Shift Rotation
  • Asleep and Awake at the Same Time : Pullman Porters on Call
  • Six Days on the Road : Long-Haul Truckers Fighting Drowsiness
  • Conclusion : The Employers' Dreams.

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