The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life
- ISBN-10
- 0816674744
- ISBN-13
- 9780816674749
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Author
- Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
Description
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 19th century to the present
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