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Introduction Our Marvelous and Maddening Machines 1 Chapter 1 The Advent of Technology Consumption 21 Chapter 2 Buying an Automobile 55 Chapter 3 Running a Car 88 Chapter 4 Tools, Tinkering, and Trouble 120 Chapter 5 Reading the Owner’s Manual 147 Chapter 6 Computers and the Tyranny of Technology Consumption 177 Epilogue The Technology Treadmill 203 Acknowledgments 219 Notes 223 Index 265 Illustrations follow page 119 contents This page intentionally left blank [18.220.160.216] Project MUSE (2024-04-20 00:19 GMT) user unfriendly This page intentionally left blank ...

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