Insomnia: A Cultural History

(Part of the FOCI Series)

by Eluned Summers-Bremner

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In today's media-saturated and hyperconnected society, increasing numbers of people are finding it hard to switch off their overstimulated brains and escape the demands of daily life. We are becoming, it seems, a world of insomniacs. But this condition of perpetual unrest has plagued people for centuries. The roots and effects of insomnia are complex, Eluned Summers-Bremner reveals in this fascinating study, and humans have employed everything...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1861893175

ISBN13:9781861893178

Release Date:February 2008

Publisher:Reaktion Books

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 8.8"

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