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It is now almost impossible to conceive of life in western Europe,
either in the towns or the countryside, without a reliable mains
electricity supply. By 1938, two-thirds of rural dwellings had been
connected to a centrally generated supply, but the majority of
farms in Britain were not linked to the mains until sometime
between 1950 and 1970. Given the significance of electricity for
modern life, the difficulties of supplying it to isolated
communities, and the parallels with current discussions over the
provision of high-speed broadband connections, it is surprising
that until now there has been little academic discussion of this
vast and protracted undertaking. This book fills that gap. It is
divided into three parts. The first, on the progress of
electrification, explores the timing and extent of electrification
in rural England, Wales and Scotland; the second examines the
effects of electrification on rural life and the rural landscape;
and the third makes comparisons over space and time, looking at
electrification in Canada and Sweden and comparing electrification
with the current problems of rural broadband.
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This book looks at how hearing loss among adults was experienced,
viewed and treated in Britain before the National Health Service.
We explore the changing status of 'hard of hearing' people during
the nineteenth century as categorized among diverse and changing
categories of 'deafness'. Then we explore the advisory literature
for managing hearing loss, and techniques for communicating with
hearing aids, lip-reading and correspondence networks. From
surveying the commercial selling and daily use of hearing aids, we
see how adverse developments in eugenics prompted otologists to
focus primarily on the prevention of deafness. The final chapter
shows how hearing loss among First World War combatants prompted
hearing specialists to take a more supportive approach, while it
fell to the National Institute for the Deaf, formed in 1924, to
defend hard of hearing people against unscrupulous hearing aid
vendors. This book is suitable for both academic audiences and the
general reading public. All royalties from sale of this book will
be given to Action on Hearing Loss and the National Deaf Children's
Society.
It is now almost impossible to conceive of life in western Europe,
either in the towns or the countryside, without a reliable mains
electricity supply. By 1938, two-thirds of rural dwellings had been
connected to a centrally generated supply, but the majority of
farms in Britain were not linked to the mains until sometime
between 1950 and 1970. Given the significance of electricity for
modern life, the difficulties of supplying it to isolated
communities, and the parallels with current discussions over the
provision of high-speed broadband connections, it is surprising
that until now there has been little academic discussion of this
vast and protracted undertaking. This book fills that gap. It is
divided into three parts. The first, on the progress of
electrification, explores the timing and extent of electrification
in rural England, Wales and Scotland; the second examines the
effects of electrification on rural life and the rural landscape;
and the third makes comparisons over space and time, looking at
electrification in Canada and Sweden and comparing electrification
with the current problems of rural broadband.
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