Domesticating electricity [electronic resource] : technology, uncertainty and gender, 1880-1914 / by Graeme Gooday.
Gooday, Graeme.
2008
HD9685.A2 G66 2008eb
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Title Domesticating electricity [electronic resource] : technology, uncertainty and gender, 1880-1914 / by Graeme Gooday.
Author Gooday, Graeme.
ISBN 9781851965809 electronic bk
1851969756
9781851969753
Publication Details London ; Brookfield, Vt. : Pickering & Chatto, 2008.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (viii, 292 p.) : ill.
Call Number HD9685.A2 G66 2008eb
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 7.
Available in Other Form Domesticating electricity.
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1. Understanding the Domestication of Electricity
2. The Uncertain Identity of Electricity
3. Electricity as Danger
4. Electricity as Safety
5. Electricity as the Future
6. Aestheticizing Electricity
7. Personifying Electricty
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index.

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