Understanding the Inventions That Changed the World. Episode 29, Household Appliances.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6771412 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2013Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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W. Bernard Carlson
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.
Drawing on themes of previous lectures - the widespread availability of electric power, the mass production of goods, and consumer distribution channels - this lecture shows you how appliances such as vacuum cleaners and washing machines were invented, how they changed life in American homes, and how they act as symbols for the middle class.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English