[PDF.18ae] Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America

Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America

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 | #1472032 in Books |  Harvard University Press |  2006-04-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.09 x6.06 x8.48l,1.12 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Superior Text on the Question of Permanence|By Captain Video|I had read "Made to Break" years ago, as a teenager, and I remember it being the first nonfiction book I really liked. It opened doors for me, and I went with gusto into such classic texts as "The World Without Us" and Jared Diamond's dense-but-meaningful "Collapse." "Made to Break" got me ready for stuff like that.|From Publishers Weekly|The flip side of America's worship of novelty is its addiction to waste, a linkage illuminated in this fascinating historical study. Historian Slade surveys the development of disposability as a consumer convenience, design feature, econom

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If you've replaced a computer lately--or a cell phone, a camera, a television--chances are, the old one still worked. And chances are even greater that the latest model won't last as long as the one it replaced. Welcome to the world of planned obsolescence--a business model, a way of life, and a uniquely American invention that this eye-opening book explores from i...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America   |  Giles Slade. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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