02478nam 22006011 450 991046363370332120200520144314.01-4214-0193-2(CKB)3240000000065021(CaPaEBR)ebrary10790463(SSID)ssj0000606765(PQKBManifestationID)11372175(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606765(PQKBWorkID)10582637(PQKB)11601676(MiAaPQ)EBC3318749(OCoLC)794700432(MdBmJHUP)muse780(Au-PeEL)EBL3318749(CaPaEBR)ebr10790463(EXLCZ)99324000000006502120110106d2011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrUser unfriendly consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers /Joseph J. CornBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2011.1 online resource (295 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4214-0192-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index.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."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.Consumer satisfactionHuman-computer interactionHuman-machine systemsSocial aspectsTechnological innovationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Consumer satisfaction.Human-computer interaction.Human-machine systemsSocial aspects.Technological innovations303.48/30973Corn Joseph J953573MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463633703321User unfriendly2156122UNINA