User unfriendly : consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers

User unfriendly : consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers / Joseph J. Corn.

"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.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Subjects:
Consumer satisfaction.
Human-computer interaction.
Human-machine systems > Social aspects.
Technological innovations > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Consumer satisfaction
Human-computer interaction
Human-machine systems > Social aspects
Technological innovations
Technischer Fortschritt
Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
Konsumgut
Bedienungsanleitung
United States
USA
Online Access:Click for online access
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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."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index.
ISBN:9781421401935
1421401932
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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