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