A Small World : Smart Houses and the Dream of the Perfect Day /

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A look at how domestic technologies that free people to enjoy leisure time in the home have come to be understood as necessary parts of everyday life.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heckman, Davin, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Technological innovations.
Home automation.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HOUSE & HOME > Do-It-Yourself > Plumbing.
Innovations.
Domotique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A tale of two cities
  • "Home is where the heart is", scientific management, electricity, and the early-twentieth-century home
  • "Here's Johnny!" the introduction of information to the space of the home
  • The emergence of the smart house
  • The dawn of the perfect day.

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