Domesticating Electricity
Technology, Uncertainty and Gender, 1880–1914
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
| Author: | Graeme Gooday | ISBN: | 9780822981701 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press | Publication: | July 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Graeme Gooday |
| ISBN: | 9780822981701 |
| Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Publication: | July 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
