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000437488 1001_ $$aCorn, Joseph J.
000437488 24510 $$aUser unfriendly :$$bconsumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers /$$cJoseph J. Corn.
000437488 260__ $$aBaltimore :$$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$$c2011.
000437488 300__ $$a272 p., [14] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000437488 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000437488 5050_ $$aOur 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.
000437488 520__ $$a"Joseph J. Corn maps two centuries of consumer frustration and struggle with personal technologies. ... Having extensively researched owner's manuals, computer user-group newsletters, and how-to literature, Corn brings a fresh, consumer-oriented approach to the history of technology."--Dust jacket.
000437488 650_0 $$aTechnological innovations$$zUnited States.
000437488 650_0 $$aHuman-machine systems$$xSocial aspects.
000437488 650_0 $$aHuman-computer interaction.
000437488 650_0 $$aConsumer satisfaction.
000437488 85200 $$bgen$$hT173.8$$i.C685$$i2011
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