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Dangerously Sleepy : Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness /

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
Main Author: Derickson, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780812208771