Persistence of Technology: Histories of Repair, Reuse, and Disposal

Contributor(s): Krebs, Stefan (Editor), Weber, Heike (Editor)

ISBN: 9783837647419

Publisher: Transcript Publishing

Binding Types:

Paperback

$45.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$57.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$56.75 (100+ copies: $56.00)

List/retail price:

$45.00

Pub Date: April 15, 2022

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.61" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 0.87 lbs) 400 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Social History | Technology and Engineering

Series: Science Studies

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Telling the stories of, among others, China's power grid, Colombian roads, American telephones, German automobiles, and India's ship breaking business, the contributions in this volume stress the long lives of technologies and show that maintenance and repair are not obsolete in modern industries and consumer societies.