Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are

Molotch, Harvey

ISBN 10: 0415950422 / ISBN 13: 9780415950428

Published by Routledge, 2005

About this Item

A sparkling tour of how things are created: the everyday objects of our life - paper clips, Post-its, bathtubs, cars and all the other stuff - are a delicate and clever intermingling of design, timing and functionality that mirrors contemporary life. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 color line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548. . 2005. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where Stuff Comes From: How Toasters, Toilets, Cars, Computers and Many Other Things Come To Be As They Are
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415950422
• ISBN 13: 9780415950428
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Molotch takes us on a fascinating exploration into the worlds of technology, design, corporate and popular culture. We now see how corporations, designers, retailers, advertisers, and other middle-men influence what a thing can be and how it is made. We see the way goods link into ordinary life as well as vast systems of consumption, economic and political operation. The book is a meditation into the meaning of the stuff in our lives and what that stuff says about us.

About the Author

Harvey Molotch