From Mangle to Microwave: The Mechanization of Household Work

By Christina Hardyment

Without the mechanization of the household, most women would still be bent over the kitchen sink, and yet we know extraordinarily little about the origins of the machines, which, in practical terms, have made liberation possible. This book gives 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745602061
• ISBN13: 9780745602066
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.