HOW ELECTRICITY ENTERED the HOME: Light, Power, Appliances, and Technology That Transformed Everyday Life

How did electricity go from a strange scientific curiosity to one of the most important parts of everyday life? HOW ELECTRICITY ENTERED THE HOME explores the long transformation that brought electric light, power, appliances, communication, and modern comfort into ordinary households. From candles, gaslight, and the first electrical experiments to Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, early power stations, household wiring, electric appliances, refrigeration, radio, rural electrification, and the fully powered modern home, this book follows the technology that gradually changed the way people lived. Along the way, it looks beyond famous inventors to the engineers, electricians, utility workers, factory workers, families, and communities who helped turn electricity into a dependable part of daily life. Rather than presenting electrification as a single invention, the book shows how infrastructure, safety, affordability, changing household expectations, and new technologies slowly transformed the home. It is the story of how electricity became so essential that today we notice it most when it disappears.