Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 157 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781501309489
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1628923458
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9781628923452
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9781628923445
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162892344X
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9781623563110
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1623563119
Series Statement:
Object lessons
Content:
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing volume and values; Chapter 2 Convenience, necessity, nuisance; Chapter 3 It's complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index.
Content:
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. While we all use remote controls, we understand little about their history or their impact on our daily lives. Caetlin Benson-Allot looks back on the remote control's material and cultural history to explain how such an innocuous media accessory has changed the way we occupy our houses, interact with our families, and experience the world. From the first wired radio remotes of the 1920s to infrared universal remotes, from the homemade TV controllers to the Apple Remote, remote con
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781628923452
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781628923452
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781501309489
