Machines in the Office (Discoveries and Inventions) - Softcover

9780195210040: Machines in the Office (Discoveries and Inventions)
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Here's a wide-ranging survey of mechanical and technological history that offers more than dates and facts. The evolution ofinvention takes center stage here. The authors believe that how society came to need or want new gadgets and machines is a major part of the history of technology and discovery.
For example, Home Entertainment looks at inventions in the early part of the century that were developed to enliven leisure time. But author Rodney Dale and Rebecca Weaver trace the parallel social history as well and discover that:
*domestic appliances were reducing the time needed for daily chores
*the rise of the suburb renewed the national emphasis on family spirit and happiness
*a larger middle class had a bit more money to spend on non-essentials
*the growing sciences of psychology and psychiatry were beginning to suggest that enjoyable leisure time was actually healthy and should be encouraged (a far cry from our Puritan beginnings)
The phonograph may have been invented to keep us amused after office hours, but it was our growing need to find "self-fulfillment" in play as well as work that made its invention necessary.
Each book is a superbly illustrated survey of one aspect of modern life and how it has grown in response to the social changes of the times. Patents, models, photos, advertisements, cartoons, and sketches from contemporary sources provide interesting and entertaining illustrations from the swift and often humorous text. From the quill pen to the computer, from the Magic Lantern to television--these books look at why as well as how we've come such a very long way.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherOxford University Press
  • Publication date1994
  • ISBN 10 0195210042
  • ISBN 13 9780195210040
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages64

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780195210002: Machines in the Office (Discoveries and Inventions)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780195210002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1994
Hardcover

  • 9780712303002: Machines In the Office

    Britis..., 1993
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Rodney Dale, Rebecca Weaver
Published by Oxford University Press, USA (1994)
ISBN 10: 0195210042 ISBN 13: 9780195210040
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Ergodebooks
(Houston, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # DADAX0195210042

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 12.22
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dale, Rodney, Weaver, Rebecca
Published by Oxford University Press (1994)
ISBN 10: 0195210042 ISBN 13: 9780195210040
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
dsmbooks
(Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. New. book. Seller Inventory # D7S9-1-M-0195210042-6

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 90.57
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 31.56
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds