Domesticating Electricity: Technology, Uncertainty and Gender, 1880-1914 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780822965299)

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.

Author: Graeme Gooday
ISBN-10: 0822965291
ISBN-13: 9780822965299
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2018
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d