Technology as Freedom by Ronald C Tobey
Before 1930, the domestic market for electrical appliances was segmented, but New Deal policies and programs created a true mass market, reshaping the electrical and housing markets and guiding them toward mandated social goals. The New Deal identified electrical refrigeration as a key technology to reform domestic labor, raise family health, and build family assets. New Deal incentives led to nearly fifty percent of Title I National Housing Act loans being used to buy electric refrigerators in the 1930s. New Deal policies ultimately created the mass commodity culture of home-owning families that typified the conservative 1950s.
Ronald C. Tobey is Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520204218 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520204212 |
| Title | Technology as Freedom |
| Author | Ronald C Tobey |
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| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1997-01-16 |
| Number of pages | 367 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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