{"product_id":"domesticating-electricity-9780822965299","title":"Domesticating Electricity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn innovative and original socio-cultural study of the history of electricity during the late Victorian and Edward periods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGooday's valuable study brings new nuance to our understanding of the process of electrification and the diverse valences of electricity before World War I . . . a truly excellent book.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Quotations from period newspapers and advertisements, numerous notes and references, some black-and-white photos and cartoon sketches, and a practical index add significantly to this book's value as a reference work. Recommended.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A wonderfully interesting—and significant—story . . . a read worth undertaking for anyone interested in the diffusion of innovation in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eBritish Journal for the History of Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"An important book that historians interested in electrification and household technology—as well as the interactions of technology, consumer culture, and gender—will find insightful and compelling.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"This work masterfully articulates an aspect of modern everyday culture that has been surprisingly overlooked from an interdisciplinary perspective.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eBritish Society for Literature and Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"In his study of the domestication of electricity, Graeme Gooday has made an important contribution to the history of electrification and, more generally, to the history of technology.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eIsis\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151182852439,"sku":"9780822965299","price":43.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822965299.jpg?v=1762960377","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/domesticating-electricity-9780822965299","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}