Domesticating Electricity: Technology, Uncertainty and Gender, 1880-1914
(Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822965291
ISBN13:9780822965299
Release Date:February 2018
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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