Queuing for Beginners
Author | : Joe Moran |
Publisher | : Profile Books |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2010-08-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781847650658 |
ISBN-13 | : 1847650651 |
Rating | : 4/5 (651 Downloads) |
Download or read book Queuing for Beginners written by Joe Moran and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...