A small world
Subtitle: smart houses and the dream of the perfect day
By: Davin Heckman.
Publisher: Duke University Press; Duke University Press Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780822341345; 9780822341581
Subjects: Home automation; Technological innovations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: A tale of two cities; title: "Home is where the heart is", scientific management, electricity, and the early-twentieth-century home; title: "Here's Johnny!" the introduction of information to the space of the home; title: The emergence of the smart house; title: The dawn of the perfect day.