Stories
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Dazzling luxury
As the 20th century dawned, both elite and masses basked in the marvellous and unearthly glow of the new electric illumination.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
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People against pollution
Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.
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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
General Electric Company (GEC) boycott
Date: 1990-1993Reference: SA/MED/F/9Part of: Medact- Books
Miss Magnet's cookery book for magnet electric cookers : containing specially selected recipes ... / [General Electric Company Ltd.].
Date: 1932- Books
Medical radiographic technic / prepared by the Technical Service Dept. of General Electric X-Ray Corporation (now, General Electric Company, X-Ray Department) ; under the editorial supervision of Glenn W. Files ; contributors, John R. Armstrong ... [and others].
General Electric Company. X-Ray Department.Date: 1956- Books
Medical radiographic technic / prepared by Technical Service, X-Ray Department, General Electric Company ; under the original editorial supervision of Glenn W. Files ; revision by William L. Bloom, Jr. [and others].
Date: [1959]- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence regarding GEC boycott
Date: 1990-1993Reference: SA/MED/F/9/2Part of: Medact