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All the modern conveniences : American household plumbing, 1840-1890
Now, in All The Modern Conveniences, Maureen Ogle presents a fascinating study that explores the development of household plumbing in nineteenth-century America. Until 1840, indoor plumbing could be found only in mansions and first-class hotels. Then, in the decade before midcentury, Americans repre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
1996.
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| Series: | Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ;
new ser., no. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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Now, in All The Modern Conveniences, Maureen Ogle presents a fascinating study that explores the development of household plumbing in nineteenth-century America. Until 1840, indoor plumbing could be found only in mansions and first-class hotels. Then, in the decade before midcentury, Americans representing a wider range of economic circumstances began to install household plumbing with increasing eagerness. |
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xii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-182) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0801852277 9780801852275 0801863708 9780801863707 |