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Remote control / Caetlin Benson-Allott.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Object lessonsPublisher: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2015Copyright date: �2015Description: 1 online resource (xx, 157 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1628923458
  • 9781628923452
  • 9781628923445
  • 162892344X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 302.23/45 23
LOC classification:
  • TK6655.C5 B46 2015eb
Other classification:
  • LIT006000 | PHI001000 | SOC052000
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing volume and values; Chapter 2 Convenience, necessity, nuisance; Chapter 3 It�a#x80;#x99;s complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index.
Summary: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. While we all use remote controls, we understand little about their history or their impact on our daily lives. Caetlin Benson-Allot looks back on the remote control's material and cultural history to explain how such an innocuous media accessory has changed the way we occupy our houses, interact with our families, and experience the world. From the first wired radio remotes of the 1920s to infrared universal remotes, from the homemade TV controllers to the Apple Remote, remote con.
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