The Slumbering Masses Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life |
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| Author:
| Wolf-Meyer, Matthew J. |
| Series title: | Quadrant Book Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-7475-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.99 |
Book Description:
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The Slumbering Masses addresses the phenomenon of sleep and sleeplessness in the U.S., tracing the influence of medicine and industrial capitalism on Americans' sleeping habits since the nineteenth century. Drawing on untapped archival sources and ethnographic research with people who experience and treat sleep abnormalities, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer analyzes and critiques how sleep and its supposed disorders are understood and treated.
The Slumbering Masses addresses the phenomenon of sleep and sleeplessness in the U.S., tracing the influence of medicine and industrial capitalism on Americans' sleeping habits since the nineteenth century. Drawing on untapped archival sources and ethnographic research with people who experience and treat sleep abnormalities, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer analyzes and critiques how sleep and its supposed disorders are understood and treated.