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Gadgets and Necessities: An Encyclopedia of Household Innovations
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Product Description
This amusing and thought-provoking A-to-Z encyclopedia examines modern domestic technology and innovations during the twentieth century, exploring the social and cultural conditions that produced such products as the electric iron and the vacuum cleaner. The encyclopedia covers innovations and objects, inventors, organizations, institutions, manufacturers, and themes. Taking the average home of today as a starting point, the volume covers the household objects and technologies that did not exist in homes before 1900.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1497541 in Books
- Published on: 2001-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Library Binding
- 377 pages
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From the Publisher
Features: A-to-Z entries, preface, introduction, chronology, bibliography, index, extensive illustrations and photographs, references to web sites, end-of-entry suggestions for further reading, a design glossary and a technical glossary.
About the Author
Pauline Webb is a graduate of Sheffield University and was a Museum Assistant at the Greater Manchester Police Museum before moving to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester where she has held a number of positions. She is currently a Senior Curator at the Museum.
Mark Suggitt graduated in history at Sheffield University and holds an MA in museum studies. He has held a number of positions in various museums in the United Kingdom and is currently Museums Director of St. Albans Museums.
