ISBN:
9780300220391
,
0300220391
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 280 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
306.40942/06
Keywords:
Sleep Social aspects 17th century
;
History
;
Sleep Social aspects 18th century
;
History
;
Sleeping customs History
;
Sleep History
;
Social change History
;
Sleep Social aspects
;
History
;
17th century
;
England
;
Sleep Social aspects
;
History
;
18th century
;
England
;
Sleeping customs History
;
England
;
Sleep History
;
England
;
Social change History
;
England
;
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
;
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
;
HISTORY / Social History
;
England Social life and customs
;
England Social conditions
;
England Social life and customs
;
England Social conditions
;
England
;
Schlaf
;
Geschichte 1600-1800
Abstract:
Sleep, Medicine and the Body -- Healthy Sleep and the Household -- Faithful Slumber -- Sleeping at Home -- Sleep and Sociability -- Sleep, Sensibility and Identity
Abstract:
"Drawing on diverse archival sources and material artifacts, Handley reveals that the way we sleep is as dependent on culture as it is on biological and environmental factors. After 1660 the accepted notion that sleepers lay at the mercy of natural forces and supernatural agents was challenged by new medical thinking about sleep's relationship to the nervous system. This breakthrough coincided with radical changes shaping everything from sleeping hours to bedchambers. Handley's illuminating work documents a major evolution in our conscious understanding of the unconscious"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Includes bibliographical references
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