Chapter 6. Th e People, Their Electricscape, and the Vanguard of Labor, 1930s–1960

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I
7. Chapter 1. Sensing the Beautiful Stranger 23
8. Chapter 2. Exhibiting the Electric City 74
9. Part II
10. Chapter 3. Trapped under the Wheels of Modernity 105
11. Chapter 4. Ladrones de Luz: A Scripted Electricscape, 1901–1918 155
12. Part III
13. Chapter 5. Becoming Electro-Domésticas: Electrical Appliances, Maids, and Middle-Class Domesticity, 1930s–1950s 191
14. Chapter 6. Th e People, Their Electricscape, and the Vanguard of Labor, 1930s–1960 233
15. Conclusion ¡la electricidad es nuestra! (electricity is ours!) 285
16. Notes 291
17. Bibliography 336
18. Index 356