User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets.
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User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010051494 Type of material Book Personal name Corn, Joseph J. Main title User unfriendly: consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers / Joseph J. Corn. Published/Created Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Description 272 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 9781421401928 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1421401924 (hardcover: alk. paper) LC classification T173.8. C685 2011 Scope and content "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. Contents Our marvelous and maddening machines--The advent of technology consumption--Buying an automobile--Running a car--Tools, tinkering, and trouble--Reading the owner's manual--Computers and the tyranny of technology consumption--The technology treadmill--Acknowledgments LC Subjects Technological innovations--United States. Human-machine systems--Social aspects. Human-computer interaction. Consumer satisfaction. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-264) and index. Dewey class no. 303.48/30973 Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn698624799
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Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).
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Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
