Description
Book SynopsisUser Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets.
Trade Review"A thoughtful, even profound meditation on the relationship of technology and culture." (Robert C. Post, National Museum of American History)"
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Our Marvelous and Maddening Machines
1. The Advent of Technology Consumption
2. Buying an Automobile
3. Running a Car
4. Tools, Tinkering, and Trouble
5. Reading the Owner's Manual
6. Computers and the Tyranny of Technology Consumption
Epilogue: The Technology Treadmill
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
