Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface 1
5. 1. Putting boredom in its place 8
6. 2. Chronic boredom and the company it keeps 48
7. 3. Humans, animals and incarceration 82
8. 4. The disease that wasteth at noonday 107
9. 5. Does boredom have a history? 143
10. 6. The long march back to boredom 170
11. Readings 191
12. Acknowledgements 205
13. Index 206