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From mangle to microwave : the mechanization of household work
- Title
- From mangle to microwave : the mechanization of household work / Christina Hardyment.
- Author
- Hardyment, Christina.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Basil Blackwell, 1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TX298 .H37 1988 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 220 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- An illustrated account of the inventions and misinventions that have helped or hindered workers in the home from the time of the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1851 to the gadget-ridden households of today.
- Subject
- 1800-1999
- Household appliances > History > 19th century
- Household appliances > History > 20th century
- Household appliances, Electric > History > 19th century
- Household appliances, Electric > History > 20th century
- Housewives > History > 19th century
- Housewives > History > 20th century
- Household Articles > history
- Technology > history
- Household Work > history
- Household appliances
- Household appliances, Electric
- Housewives
- Hausgerät
- Huishoudelijke arbeid
- Mechanisering
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [203]-209.
- Contents
- Homes without machines -- Of pig-iron and parlourmaids -- The mechanical tailor -- Laundry work -- House-cleaning -- The bathroom -- From roasting-spit to trained lightning -- Essential kitchen technology -- Kitchen gadgetry -- The domestic mystique.
- ISBN
- 0745602061
- 9780745602066
- 074560207X
- 9780745602073
- LCCN
- 87027582
- OCLC
- ocm16872028
- 16872028
- SCSB-1184482
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library