Hedonizing Technologies : Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure.
Maines, Rachel P.
Hedonizing Technologies : Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Is a Hedonizing Technology? -- 2 Leisure and Necessity -- 3 Hedonization and Industrialization: Diverging Paths in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 4 The Hedonizing Marketplace -- 5 Why, When, and How Do Technologies Hedonize? -- Appendixes -- A: Biases of Collecting and Connoisseurship -- B: Methodological Notes -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
The book addresses basic issues in the history of labor and industry and makes an original contribution to the discussion of how technology and people interact.
9780801897948
Hobbies-History.
Amusements-History.
Technology-Economic aspects-History-Popular works.
Electronic books.
GV1201.5 .M35 2009
790.1/309
Hedonizing Technologies : Paths to Pleasure in Hobbies and Leisure. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 What Is a Hedonizing Technology? -- 2 Leisure and Necessity -- 3 Hedonization and Industrialization: Diverging Paths in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 4 The Hedonizing Marketplace -- 5 Why, When, and How Do Technologies Hedonize? -- Appendixes -- A: Biases of Collecting and Connoisseurship -- B: Methodological Notes -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
The book addresses basic issues in the history of labor and industry and makes an original contribution to the discussion of how technology and people interact.
9780801897948
Hobbies-History.
Amusements-History.
Technology-Economic aspects-History-Popular works.
Electronic books.
GV1201.5 .M35 2009
790.1/309