For Children

Record: Prev Next

Author	Summers-Bremner, Eluned, 1966-
Title	Insomnia : a cultural history / Eluned Summers-Bremner.
Publication Info.	London : Reaktion Books, c2008.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11	616.8 S	IN LIBRARY

Description	176 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173).
Contents	Sleeplessness in the ancient world -- Love, labour, anxiety -- The sleep of reason -- The night of empire -- Cities that never sleep -- Wired.
Subject	Insomnia.
	Insomnia -- Social aspects.
	Wakefulness in literature.
	Sleep -- Folklore.
ISBN	9781861893178 (pbk.)
	1861893175 (pbk.)

53 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10075
212.288.6900
reference@nysoclib.org

Monday / Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Saturday / Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Library will be closed

Sunday, February 19 & Monday, February 20.

Otherwise we observe normal hours.