Consumers, Tinkerers, Rebels: The People Who Shaped Europe

Oldenziel, Ruth; Hård, Mikael

Who has decided how Europeans have dressed and dwelled? Traveled and dined? Worked and played? Who, in fact, can be credited with the shaping of Europe?

Certainly inventors, engineers, and politicians played their parts. But in the making of Europe, consumers, tinkerers, and rebels were an unrecognized force - until now. In this book, historians Ruth Oldenziel and Mikael Hård spotlight the people who 'made' Europe - by appropriating technology, protesting for and against it. Using examples from Britain and the Continent, the authors illustrate the conflicts that accompanied the modern technologies, from the sewing machine to the bicycle, the Barbie doll to personal computers. What emerges is a fascinating portrait of how Europeans have lived, from the 1850s to the current century.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-09-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230308015

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Dimensions: 246.0cm x189.0cm

Pages: 416.0