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A small world : smart houses and the dream of the perfect day / Davin Heckman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heckman, Davin, 1975-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home automation.
- Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A look at how domestic technologies that free people to enjoy leisure time in the home have come to be understood as necessary parts of everyday life.
- Contents:
- A tale of two cities
- "Home is where the heart is", scientific management, electricity, and the early-twentieth-century home
- "Here's Johnny!" the introduction of information to the space of the home
- The emergence of the smart house
- The dawn of the perfect day.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613022677
- 9781283022675
- 1283022672
- 9780822388845
- 0822388847
- OCLC:
- 213455153
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