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

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Author / Creator:	Corn, Joseph J.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
Subject:	Consumer satisfaction. Human-computer interaction. Human-machine systems -- Social aspects. Technological innovations -- United States. Consumer satisfaction. Human-computer interaction. Human-machine systems -- Social aspects. Technological innovations. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11134614

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ISBN:	9781421401935 1421401932 9781421401928 1421401924
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Corn, Joseph J. User unfriendly. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011

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