The domestic revolution : how the introduction of coal into Victorian homes changed everything
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330 pages ; 24 cm
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""The queen of living history" (Lucy Worsley) returns with an immersive account of how English women sparked a worldwide revolution-from their own kitchens. 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"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Goodman, R. (2020). The domestic revolution: how the introduction of coal into Victorian homes changed everything (First American edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goodman, Ruth, 1963-. 2020. The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal Into Victorian Homes Changed Everything. New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goodman, Ruth, 1963-. The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal Into Victorian Homes Changed Everything New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Goodman, Ruth. The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal Into Victorian Homes Changed Everything First American edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.

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