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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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Main Author: Ogle, Maureen.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Series:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser., no. 20.
Subjects and Genres:
Plumbing > United States > History.
Technology > Social aspects > United States.
Technology.
Sociology.
United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
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