Domesticating Electricity: Technology, Uncertainty and Gender, 1880–1914 (Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century Book 87)
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| Artikelnummer | 233433877 | Erscheinungsdatum | 2026/06/27 | Listenpreis | €16.74 | Modellnummer | 233433877 | ||
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This is an innovative and original socio-cultural study of the history of electricity during the late Victorian and Edward periods. Gooday shows how technology, authority and gender interacted in pre-World War I Britain. The rapid take-up of electrical light and domestic appliances on both sides of the Atlantic had a wide-ranging effect on consumer habits and the division of labour within the home. Electricity was viewed by non-experts as potential threat to domestic order and welfare. This broadly interdisciplinary study relates to a website developed by the author on the history of electricity. Read more
| ASIN | B01JCRI13Y |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-0822981701 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| File size | 4.7 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 302 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Part of series | Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century |
| Publication date | September 12, 2016 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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