Technological Innovation, Modernity, and Electric Goods in Late State Socialist Poland

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By Patryk Wasiak

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This book deconstructs the public performance of technological innovation and imagined modernity in relation to the home technologies market in late state socialist Poland. Patryk Wasiak goes on to discuss how these technologies would have an impact on the creation of a desirable future social order and economy.

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Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Cultural Logic of State Socialism, Intermediary Actors, and Technological Innovation

2. Performance of Modernity

3. Qualities of Socialist Electric Goods

4. Case Studies

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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