Queuing for Beginners: The Story of Daily Life from Breakfast to Bedtime

by Joe Moran

Book Overview

Radio 4 Book of the Week from 28th May. We spend our days catching buses and trains, tapping away at computers, shopping, queuing, lying on sofas... But we know almost nothing about these activities. Exploring the history of these subjects as they come up during a typical day, starting with breakfast and ending with bedtime, Joe Moran shows that they conceal all kinds of hidden histories and meanings. By looking closely at the normally unobserved,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861978367
• ISBN13: 9781861978363
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Profile Books(GB)
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.7"