Book ID: CBB000952151

Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure (2009)

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Maines, Rachel P. (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: x + 211 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description A study of hobbies and leisure activities related to technologies.


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Review Anika Schleinzer (2012) Review of "Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 256-258). unapi

Review Haring, Kristen (2011) Review of "Hedonizing Technologies: Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure". Technology and Culture (p. 192). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Macola, Giacomo
Alan Meades
Kenneth Cohen
Bruce, Gary
Welch, David
Kusserow, Karl
Journals
William and Mary Quarterly
Science as Culture
Journal of Design History
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Waxmann
University of Pittsburgh Press
Society for the History of Technology and the American Historical Association
Rutgers University Press
MIT Press
Concepts
Technology and culture
Technology
Leisure and leisure industry
Technology and society
Gambling
Methods of communication; media
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
21st century
17th century
Early modern
Places
United States
Great Britain
Detroit (Michigan)
Michigan (U.S.)
Americas
North America
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