Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life From Breakfast to Bedtim
Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life From Breakfast to Bedtim by Joe Moran
English | August 6th, 2010 | ASIN: B0042FZVAS, ISBN: 1861978367, 1861978413 | 288 Pages | EPUB | 3.66 MB
English | August 6th, 2010 | ASIN: B0042FZVAS, ISBN: 1861978367, 1861978413 | 288 Pages | EPUB | 3.66 MB
Why do so many people go on about queuing? Have we always been obsessed with traffic? And why do so many of us now eat lunch at our computers - al desko?
We spend our days catching buses and trains, writing emails, shopping, queuing…But we know almost nothing about these activities. Exploring the history of these subjects as they come up during a typical day, starting with eating breakfast and ending with sleeping, Joe Moran tells a story about hidden social and cultural changes in Britain since the Second World War. Drawing on his academic research on everyday life, but writing with wit and lucidity for a popular audience, he shows that we know less about ourselves than we think…
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