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Sex, bombs, and burgers: how war, pornography, and fast food have shaped modern technology

By Peter , Nowak

Book information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780762772742, 0762772743
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (15090293 bytes)
Pages
386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\397
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Convenience foods--Social aspects;Technological inModern--1950-;Pornography--Social aspects;TechnoloModern--20th century;CivilizationModern;History;Technological innovations -- Social

Description

Presents both a chronicle of popular culture and a revealing look at how three billion-dollar industries have shaped our everyday lives through such items as the hand-held video recorder, vacuum, microwave, and more.;Introduction: A Shameful Trinity -- Weapons of Mass Consumption -- Better Eating Through Chemistry -- Arming the Amateurs -- A Game of War -- Food from the Heavens -- The Naked Eye Goes Electronic -- The Internet : Military Made, Porn Perfected -- Seeds of Conflict -- Fully Functional Robots -- Operation Desert Lab -- Conclusion: The Benevolence of Vice.

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