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

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

xiii, 224 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.