Ideas and practices concerning sleep and night-time are constantly changing and widely varied in different cultures and societies. What we do during the day and night is the result of much political struggle. Trade unions, political parties, entrepreneurs, leaders and schools boards, all have an interest in questions of timing for the opening and closing of shops, the starting hours of schools and factories, and the number of hours people have to work and sleep. By drawing together comparative case studies from countries in both Asia and Europe, Night-time and Sleep in Asia and the West allows the reader to track the differences in the cultural importance given to the night, and to compare the ways in which the challenges and opportunities of modernity have been played out in the East and the West.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415318501
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95692922
Product Key Features
Book Title
Night-Time and Sleep in Asia and the West: Exploring the Dark Side of Life
Author
Brigitte Steger, Lodewijk Brunt
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Business
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
590g
Additional Product Features
Topic Area
Biological Psychology
Series Title
Anthropology of Asia
Editor
Brigitte Steger, Lodewijk Brunt
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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