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
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.
Subjects:
Shift systems.
Men > Employment.
Men > Attitudes.
Hours of labor.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Sommeil > Privation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Hommes > Travail > États-Unis.
Sleep deprivation > Social aspects > United States.
Sleep deprivation > Health aspects > United States.
Men > United States > Attitudes.
Men > Employment > United States.
Shift systems > United States > History.
Hours of labor > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
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

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