Using the example of personal hygiene, the study explores technological innovations for sanitation and warm water heating in the private home from a historical perspective. The study points out different social groups and discusses how they shaped consumers’ decision for certain appliances and the usage of energy in the private home. In doing so, the dissertation emphasizes also the influence of consumers in this process of mechanization and investigates changes of residential energy consumption.
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Using the example of personal hygiene, the study explores technological innovations for sanitation and warm water heating in the private home from a historical perspective. The study points out different social groups and discusses how they shaped consumers’ decision for certain appliances and the usage of energy in the private home. In doing so, the dissertation emphasizes also the influence of consumers in this process of mechanization and investigates changes of residential energy consumption...
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