Made to Break
| Author | : Giles Slade |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2009-06-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674043756 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674043758 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Made to Break by : Giles Slade
Download or read book Made to Break written by Giles Slade and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made to Break is a history of twentieth-century technology as seen through the prism of obsolescence. Giles Slade explains how disposability was a necessary condition for America's rejection of tradition and our acceptance of change and impermanence. This book gives us a detailed and harrowing picture of how, by choosing to support ever-shorter product lives, we may well be shortening the future of our way of life as well.
