The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything - Couverture rigide

Goodman, Ruth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1631497634 ISBN 13 : 9781631497636

Editeur : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2020

Synopsis

No single invention epitomizes the Victorian era more than the black cast-iron range. Aware that the twenty-first-century has reduced it to a quaint relic, Ruth Goodman was determined to prove that the hot coal stove provided so much more than morning tea: it might even have kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Wielding the wit and passion seen in How to Be a Victorian, Goodman traces the tectonic shift from wood to coal in the mid-sixteenth century--from sooty trials and errors during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the totally smog-clouded reign of Queen Victoria. A pattern of innovation emerges as the women stoking these fires also stoked new global industries: from better soap to clean smudges to new ingredients for cooking. Laced with uproarious anecdotes of Goodman's own experience managing a coal-fired household, this fascinating book shines a hot light on the power of domestic necessity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ruth Goodman is the author of multiple books including How to Be a Victorian. An historian of British life, she has presented a number of BBC television series, including Tudor Monastery Farm. She lives in the United Kingdom.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1631497634
• ISBN 13: 9781631497636
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352
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• Personne responsable: non disponible