Domesticating Electricity : Technology, Uncertainty and Gender, 1880–1914
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN-10
0822965291
ISBN-13
9780822965299
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 5th, 2018
Print length
302 Pages
Ksh 8,800.00
Temporarily out of stock, due soon
0 in stock
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Secure
Quality
Fast
This is an innovative and original socio-cultural study of the history of electricity during the late Victorian and Edward periods. 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.
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.
Get Domesticating Electricity by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by University of Pittsburgh Press and it has pages.
