Domesticating electricity : technology, uncertainty and gender, 1880-1914 /

A socio-cultural study of the history of electricity during the late Victorian and Edward periods. It shows how technology, authority and gender interacted in pre-World War I Britain.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gooday, Graeme (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Colección:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 7.
Temas:
1800-1999
Electric utilities > Social aspects > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Electric utilities > Social aspects > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Electric apparatus and appliances > Social aspects > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Electric apparatus and appliances > Social aspects > History > 20th century > Congresses.
Services publics d'électricité > Aspect social > Histoire > 19e siècle > Congrès.
Services publics d'électricité > Aspect social > Histoire > 20e siècle > Congrès.
Appareils électriques > Aspect social > Histoire > 19e siècle > Congrès.
Appareils électriques > Aspect social > Histoire > 20e siècle > Congrès.
Electric utilities > Social aspects.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 electricity.

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