Made to Break - Technology and Obsolescence in America

Informationen zum Autor Giles Slade Klappentext In this history of 20th-century technology, Slade explains how disposability was a necessary condition for Americäs rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. But by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives, he argues, we may well be shortening the future of our way of life. Zusammenfassung In this history of 20th-century technology, Slade explains how disposability was a necessary condition for America’s rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. But by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives, he argues, we may well be shortening the future of our way of life.

Product details

• Authors: Giles Slade, Slade Giles
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2007
• EAN: 9780674025721
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02572-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Technology: general issues, Sociology & anthropology