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The Domestic Revolution

How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything

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The Domestic Revolution

Von: Ruth Goodman
Gesprochen von: Jennifer M. Dixon
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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 21st-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-16th 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.

©2020 Ruth Goodman (P)2020 Tantor Europa Gastronomie Großbritannien Lebensmittel & Wein
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All elements of the way coal and soap changed the world. I especially like how the development was well grounded in the practices well before coal, and how this knowledge base had occured, and how people adapted to other methods. This text gives a great fundament for living history practice too, for quite a long time frame, from the Tudor era to modern time.

The home both leads and follows cultural change.

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Amazingly well researched, it was a tremendous help for my novel project which is set in the 19th century.

Loved it!

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