Queuing for Beginners
eBook - ePub

Queuing for Beginners

The Story of Daily Life From Breakfast to Bedtime

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Queuing for Beginners

The Story of Daily Life From Breakfast to Bedtime

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction: The infra-ordinary
  7. 1 Bacon and eggs to go
  8. 2 Standing room only
  9. 3 A lifetime behind a desk
  10. 4 The word from the water cooler
  11. 5 Cashier number one , please
  12. 6 Dining al desko
  13. 7 The dread of the inbox
  14. 8 Puffing al fresco
  15. 9 Any other business?
  16. 10 The ministry of sensible walks
  17. 11 Not just here for the beer
  18. 12 Your dinner is ready
  19. 13 Behind the sofa
  20. 14 Please do not adjust your set
  21. 15 Watching the weather
  22. 16 At the end of the day
  23. Afterword: Habits of the heart
  24. Notes