The Resource Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner
Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner
Resource Information
The item Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- "Hilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects--from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates. In the tradition of A Cartoon History of the Universe and, most recent, Randall Munroe's What If? comes Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, a graphic tour through the unusual creation of some of the mundane items that surround us in our daily lives. Chapters are peppered with ballpoint pen riots, cowboy wars, and really bad Victorian practical jokes. Structured around the different locations in our home and daily life--the kitchen, the bathroom, the office, and the grocery store--award-nominated illustrator Andy Warner traces the often surprising and sometimes complex histories behind the items we often take for granted. Readers learn how Velcro was created after a Swiss engineer took his dog for a walk; how a naval engineer invented the Slinky; a German housewife, the coffee filter; and a radical feminist and anti-capitalist, the game Monopoly. This is both a book of histories and a book about histories. It explores how lies become legends, trade routes spring up, and empires rise and fall--all from the perspective of your toothbrush or toilet "--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Brief histories of everyday objects
- Title
- Brief histories of everyday objects
- Statement of responsibility
- written and drawn by Andy Warner
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Hilarious, entertaining, and illustrated histories behind some of life's most common and underappreciated objects--from the paperclip and the toothbrush to the sports bra and roller skates. In the tradition of A Cartoon History of the Universe and, most recent, Randall Munroe's What If? comes Brief Histories of Everyday Objects, a graphic tour through the unusual creation of some of the mundane items that surround us in our daily lives. Chapters are peppered with ballpoint pen riots, cowboy wars, and really bad Victorian practical jokes. Structured around the different locations in our home and daily life--the kitchen, the bathroom, the office, and the grocery store--award-nominated illustrator Andy Warner traces the often surprising and sometimes complex histories behind the items we often take for granted. Readers learn how Velcro was created after a Swiss engineer took his dog for a walk; how a naval engineer invented the Slinky; a German housewife, the coffee filter; and a radical feminist and anti-capitalist, the game Monopoly. This is both a book of histories and a book about histories. It explores how lies become legends, trade routes spring up, and empires rise and fall--all from the perspective of your toothbrush or toilet "--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Warner, Andy
- Dewey number
- 306.4/609
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Material culture
- Manufactures
- Inventions
- Personal belongings
- Civilization
- Label
- Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn930010088
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 206 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250078650
- Isbn Type
- (paper over board)
- Lccn
- 2016022566
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Brief histories of everyday objects, written and drawn by Andy Warner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn930010088
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xi, 206 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250078650
- Isbn Type
- (paper over board)
- Lccn
- 2016022566
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Inventions -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Manufactures -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Material culture -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Civilization -- Miscellanea | Comic books, strips, etc
- Personal belongings -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
Genre
Library Locations
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