Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding the Domestication of Electricity
- 2 The Uncertain Identity of Electricity
- 3 Electricity as Danger: The many deaths of Lord Salisbury’s gardener
- 4 Electricity as Safety: Constructing a new reputation
- 5 Electricity as the Future: Prophetic Expertise And Contested Authority
- 6 Aestheticizing Electricity: Gendered Cultures Of Domestic Illumination
- 7 Personifying Electricity: Gendered Icons of Uncertain Identity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- 1 Understanding the Domestication of Electricity
- 2 The Uncertain Identity of Electricity
- 3 Electricity as Danger: The many deaths of Lord Salisbury’s gardener
- 4 Electricity as Safety: Constructing a new reputation
- 5 Electricity as the Future: Prophetic Expertise And Contested Authority
- 6 Aestheticizing Electricity: Gendered Cultures Of Domestic Illumination
- 7 Personifying Electricity: Gendered Icons of Uncertain Identity
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Domesticating ElectricityTechnology, Uncertainty and Gender, 1880–1914, pp. i - ivPublisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014