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Where stuff comes from : how toasters, toilets, cars, computers, and many others things come to be as they are / Harvey Molotch.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
620 MOL	Adult Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0415950422
ISBN	9780415950428
Name	Molotch, Harvey Luskin
Title	Where stuff comes from : how toasters, toilets, cars, computers, and many others things come to be as they are / Harvey Molotch.
Published	New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description	xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Notes	Includes bibliographical references: p. 287-304.
Summary	"From ancient artifacts to contemporary gadgets, we learn why some products, like lamps and toys, respond quickly to Fashion, while others, like pencils and toilets, stay stuck. We see how retailers and other "middle-men" influence what a thing can be and why some cities become creative milieus that put their own unique stamp on stuff. We find out how the sparks of creativity turn into material form - sometimes to delight, same times to offend."
Subjects	Engineering
	Inventions and inventors
	Products -- Design
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Engineering . Inventions and inventors . Products -- Design . See Also: Architecture . Building materials . Civil engineering . Environmental engineering . Hydraulic engineering . Industrial arts . Machinery . Masonry . Mechanical drawing . Mechanics . Mining engineering . Rivers . Sanitary engineering . Structural engineering . Technology . Walls . Authors: Molotch, Harvey Luskin .