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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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Queuing for Beginners, Joe Moran
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2008
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- Titel
- Queuing for Beginners
- Ondertitel
- The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Joe Moran
- Uitgever
- Profile Books
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2008
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1861978413
- ISBN13
- 9781861978417
- Reeks
- Beoordeling
- 3,6 van 5
- Aantekening
- 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…