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
Summary
This book explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. The author, a health and labor historian, charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation - and masculinization - of wakefulness in the United States