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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
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2008
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
Metody płatności
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- Tytuł
- Queuing for Beginners
- Podtytuł
- The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Joe Moran
- Wydawca
- Profile Books
- Rok wydania
- 2008
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1861978413
- ISBN13
- 9781861978417
- Seria
- Tagi
- Ocena
- 3,6 z 5
- Opis
- 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…