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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages :) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421401935 1421401932 |