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001 2012017393
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008 120511s2012 mnu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780816674749 (hc : alk. paper)
020 $a9780816674756 (pb : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aHQ2044.U6$bW65 2012
082 00 $a362.196/84980973$223
100 1 $aWolf-Meyer, Matthew J.
245 14 $aThe slumbering masses :$bsleep, medicine, and modern American life /$cMatthew J. Wolf-Meyer.
260 $aMinneapolis, MN :$bUniversity of Minnesota Press,$cc2012.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aA quadrant book
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAbbreviations -- 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.
650 0 $aLifestyles$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSleepwalking$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSleep disorders$zUnited States.