User unfriendly : consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers /
"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."...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "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."--Jacket. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781421401935 1421401932 |