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home appliances  

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  • Most households in 21st-century Western societies employ an array of labor- and time-saving devices to accomplish the basic tasks associated with day-to-day living practices. These objects, designed and acquired with a particular instrumental (as opposed to strictly aesthetic) purpose in mind, are referred to as home appliances. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Home Appliances]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JF791TWG-H

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