Arwen Mohun
Biography
Arwen P. Mohun specializes in the history of technology, capitalism, and gender. She is also interested in transnational history and the history of the senses. Her most recent book is American Imperialist: Cruelty and Concequence in the Scramble for Africa. She is currently working on a new project, How Smell Changed about the transformation of mid-20th century American smellscapes.
Mohun's other publications include Steam Laundries: Gender, Work, and Technology in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999); His and Hers: Gender, Consumption and Technology (University of Virginia Press, 1998) co-edited with Roger Horowitz; and Gender and Technology: A Reader (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) co-edited with Nina Lerman and Ruth Oldenziel Risk: Negotiating Safety in American Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Ralph Gomery Prize from the Business History Conference.
Publications
Books:
American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa (University of Chicago Press, 2023).
Risk: Negotiating Safety in American Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013)
Steam Laundries: Gender, Work, and Technology in the United States and Great Britain, 1880-1940 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999)
Edited Volumes
His and Hers: Gender, Consumption and Technology (University of Virginia Press, 1998) co-edited with Roger Horowitz
Gender and Technology: A Reader (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003) co-edited with Nina Lerman and Ruth Oldenziel
Articles and Book Chapters
“Gun Control and the Power of Vernacular Risk Cultures: A Story of American Exceptionalism," in Wagnisse: Risken eingehen, Risiken analysieren, von Risiken erzählen, Stefan Brakensiek, et. al., eds. (Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2017), 167-190.
“Constructing the History of Risk. Foundations, Tools, and Reasons Why," Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung 41(2016): 30-47.
“Conclusion: Governing Risks in Britain and Beyond," with Thomas Le Roux, Tom Crook, and Mike Esbester, in Governing Risks in Modern Britain: Danger, Safety and Accidents c. 1800-2000 (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), 297-308.
