Alan Derickson

Dangerously Sleepy

Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness

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Produktbeschreibung

Alan Derickson is Professor of Labor Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University and author of Health Security for All: Dreams of Universal Health Care in America, Black Lung: Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster, and Workers' Health, Workers' Democracy: The Western Miners' Struggle, 1891-1925.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780812245530
• ISBN-10: 0812245539
• Artikelnr.: 38137431

Autorenporträt

Alan Derickson is Professor of Labor Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University and author of Health Security for All: Dreams of Universal Health Care in America, Black Lung: Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster, and Workers' Health, Workers' Democracy: The Western Miners' Struggle, 1891-1925.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. Sleep Is for Sissies: Elite Males as Paragons of Wakefulness
Chapter 2. In a Drowsy State: The Underregulation of Overwork
Chapter 3. The Long Turn: Steelworkers and Shift Rotation
Chapter 4. Asleep and Awake at the Same Time: Pullman Porters on Call
Chapter 5. Six Days on the Road: Long-Haul Truckers Fighting Drowsiness
Conclusion. The Employers' Dreams
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments