Corn, Joseph J. <br/><br/>
User unfriendly :  consumer struggles with personal technologies, from clocks and sewing machines to cars and computers / 
Joseph J. Corn. 
 - 1 online resource (295 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-264) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421401935 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumer satisfaction.<br/>Human-computer interaction.<br/>Human-machine systems--Social aspects.<br/>Technological innovations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T173.8  / .C685 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.48/30973