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875532
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Handley, Sasha.
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| Title & Author
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Sleep in early modern England /\ Sasha Handley.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, 2016.
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xii, 280 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0300220391
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: 9780300220391
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-274).
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| Contents
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Sleep, Medicine and the Body -- Healthy Sleep and the Household -- Faithful Slumber -- Sleeping at Home -- Sleep and Sociability -- Sleep, Sensibility and Identity.
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| Abstract
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"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"--
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Sleep-- Social aspects-- England-- History-- 17th century.
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Sleep-- Social aspects-- England-- History-- 18th century.
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Sleep-- England-- History.
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Sleeping customs-- England-- History.
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Social change-- England-- History.
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HISTORY-- Modern-- 17th Century.
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HISTORY-- Social History.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- Great Britain.
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Manners and customs.
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Schlaf
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Schlafzimmer
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Sleep.
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Sleeping customs.
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Social change.
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Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Customs Traditions.
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Society.
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Society.
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Sleep.
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History, 17th Century.
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History, 18th Century.
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Sleep Hygiene.
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Social Change.
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England, Social conditions.
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England, Social life and customs.
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England.
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England
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.40942/06
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| LC Classification
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GT3000.4.G7H36 2016
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| NLM classification
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2016 I-263
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WL 11 FE5
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HIS015000HIS037040SOC005000HIS054000bisacsh
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HIS054000.bisacsh
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