User Unfriendly: Consumer Struggles with Personal Technologies, from Clocks and Sewing Machines to Cars and Computers
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We've all been there. Seduced by the sleek designs and smart capabilities of the newest gadgets, we end up stumped by their complicated set-up instructions and exasperating error messages. In this fascinating history, Joseph J. Corn maps two centuries of consumer frustration and struggle with personal technologies. Aggravation with the new machines people adopt and live with is as old as the industrial revolution. Clocks, sewing machines,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1421401924
ISBN13:9781421401928
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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