Insomnia: A Cultural History

by Eluned Summers-Bremner

Book Overview

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"