LEADER 03555nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910462305903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4529-4734-1 010 $a0-8166-8273-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269569 035 $a(EBL)1047452 035 $a(OCoLC)815383350 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000758601 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12268241 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758601 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10781246 035 $a(PQKB)10115015 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001170699 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047452 035 $a(OCoLC)868220882 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30004 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1047452 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10613525 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525579 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269569 100 $a20120511d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe slumbering masses$b[electronic resource] $esleep, medicine, and modern American life /$fMatthew J. Wolf-Meyer 210 $aMinneapolis, MN $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 0 $aA quadrant book 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-7474-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $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. 330 $aAmericans spend billions of dollars every year on drugs, therapy, and other remedies trying to get a good night's sleep. Anxieties about not getting enough sleep and the impact of sleeplessness on productivity, health, and happiness pervade medical opinion, the workplace, and popular culture. In The Slumbering Masses, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer addresses the phenomenon of sleep and sleeplessness in the United States, tracing the influence of medicine and industrial capitalism on the sleeping habits of Americans from the nineteenth century to the present.Before the introduction 410 2$aA Quadrant Book 606 $aLifestyles$zUnited States 606 $aSleep disorders$zUnited States 606 $aSleepwalking$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLifestyles 615 0$aSleep disorders 615 0$aSleepwalking 676 $a362.196849800973 700 $aWolf-Meyer$b Matthew J$01028830 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462305903321 996 $aThe slumbering masses$92444981 997 $aUNINA