Domesticating electricity : technology, uncertainty and gender, 1880-1914
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Domesticating electricity : technology, uncertainty and gender, 1880-1914
（Science and culture in the nineteenth century, no. 7）
Pickering & Chatto, 2008
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-285) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction 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 Conclusion
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