Author | : Alan Derickson |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2013-10-23 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780812245530 |
ISBN 13 | : 0812245539 |
Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Dangerously Sleepy Book Description:
Dangerously Sleepy explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. Health and labor historian Alan Derickson charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation—and masculinization—of wakefulness in the United States.