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Made to break : technology and obsolescence in America  Cover Image Book Book

Made to break : technology and obsolescence in America / Giles Slade.

Slade, Giles. (Author).

Summary:

Presents a history of twentieth-century technology and contends that most newly developed technology, because of its disposable character, will overwhelm America's landfills and poison its water within the coming decade.

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  • ISBN: 0674022033 : HRD
  • Physical Description: 330 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-312) and index.
Subject: Technological innovations > United States.
Product obsolescence > United States.


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