ISBN:
1421401932
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9781421401935
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (272 p. :)
Series Statement:
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.48/30973
Keywords:
Geschichte
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
;
Consumer satisfaction
;
Human-computer interaction
;
Human-machine systems / Social aspects
;
Technological innovations
;
Gesellschaft
;
Consumer satisfaction
;
Human-computer interaction
;
Human-machine systems Social aspects
;
Technological innovations
;
Anthropotechnik
;
Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
;
Anthropotechnik
;
Geschichte
Note:
OldControl:muse9781421401935. - Multi-User
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Made available online by Project Muse
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-264) and index
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Our marvelous and maddening machines -- The advent of technology consumption -- Buying an automobile -- Running a car -- Tools, tinkering, and trouble -- Reading the owner's manual -- Computers and the tyranny of technology consumption -- The technology treadmill -- Acknowledgments
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"Joseph J. Corn maps two centuries of consumer frustration and struggle with personal technologies. ... Having extensively researched owner's manuals, computer user-group newsletters, and how-to literature, Corn brings a fresh, consumer-oriented approach to the history of technology."--Dust jacket
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