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."...

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1. Verfasser: Corn, Joseph J.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Schriftenreihe:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
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Zusammenfassung:"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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index.
ISBN:9781421401935
1421401932

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