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Jet Lag
Christopher J. Lee
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Description for Jet Lag
Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCD; JFD; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in. It makes the speed and discomfort of globalization tangible on a personal level. Tracing physiological, temporal, technological, and cultural meanings, Christopher J. Lee's Jet Lag ponders ... Read more
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Jet lag is a momentary condition resulting from the human body and its inner clock being pitched against the time-leaping effects of modern aviation. But more than that, it is a situation that explains time, technology, and the human body. Jet lag epitomizes the accelerated world we live in. It makes the speed and discomfort of globalization tangible on a personal level. Tracing physiological, temporal, technological, and cultural meanings, Christopher J. Lee's Jet Lag ponders ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Object Lessons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781501323225
SKU
V9781501323225
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Ref
99-10
About Christopher J. Lee
Christopher J. Lee is Associate Professor of History at Lafayette College, USA. He has published four previous books and travels frequently.
Reviews for Jet Lag
Lee has a gift for making surprising yet apposite associations ... He is best, though, when contemplating the global capitalist spectacle of airports, with their unifying corporate flags for individual airlines and the ubiquitous brands displayed down polished corridors.
Times Literary Supplement
In this beguiling book, Christopher J. Lee opens up the whole panorama of jetting ... Read more
Times Literary Supplement
In this beguiling book, Christopher J. Lee opens up the whole panorama of jetting ... Read more