The Slumbering Masses: Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life

by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

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Americans 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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0816674744

ISBN13:9780816674749

Release Date:September 2012

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.28 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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