Dangerously sleepy : overworked Americans and the cult of manly wakefulness / Alan Derickson.

  • Derickson, Alan.
Date:
[2014], ©2014
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014], ©2014.

Physical description

xiii, 224 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Sleep is for sissies: elite males as paragons of wakefulness -- In a drowsy state: the underregulation of overwork -- The long turn: steelworkers and shift rotation -- Asleep and awake at the same time: Pullman porters on call -- Six days on the road: long-haul truckers fighting drowsiness -- Conclusion: the employers' dreams.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    DEGS.U
    Open shelves

Permanent link

Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780812245530
  • 0812245539