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ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES: AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD PLUMBING, By Professor Maureen
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- ISBN-10
- 0801852277
- Book Title
- All the Modern Conveniences: American Household Plumbing,
- ISBN
- 9780801852275
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801852277
ISBN-13
9780801852275
eBay Product ID (ePID)
372060
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
All the Modern Conveniences : American Household Plumbing, 1840-1890
Publication Year
1966
Subject
Construction / Plumbing, Social Aspects, History, Customs & Traditions
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
95-044412
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
''An essential perspective on the modern world...The text offers an abundance of detailed information on the development of tubs, showers, toilets, and sinks...Goes well beyond any provious account in delineating how fresh and waste water systems had an impact on domestic life in the mid-nineteenth century.''--'American Studies International'
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
696/.1/097309034
Synopsis
Until 1840, indoor plumbing could be found only in mansions and first-class hotels. Then, in the decade before mid-century, Americans representing a wider range of economic circumstances began to install household plumbing with increasing eagerness. Ogle draws on a wide assortment of contemporary sources - sanitation reports, builders' manuals, fixture catalogues, patent applications and popular scientific tracts - to show how the demand for plumbing was more by an emerging middle-class culture of convenience, reform and domestic life than by fears abour poor hygiene and inadequate sanitation. She also examines advancements in water-supply and waste-management technology, the architectural considerations these amenities entailed and the scientific approach to sanitation that began to emerge by century's end., As any American who has traveled abroad knows, the American home contains more, and more elaborate, plumbing than any other in the world. Indeed, Americans are renowned for their obsession with cleanliness. Although plumbing has occupied a central position in American life since the mid-nineteenth century, little scholarly attention has been paid to its history. 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. Ogle draws on a wide assortment of contemporary sources--sanitation reports, builders' manuals, fixture catalogues, patent applications, and popular scientific tracts--to show how the demand for plumbing was prompted more by an emerging middle-class culture of convenience, reform, and domestic life than by fears about poor hygiene and inadequate sanitation. She also examines advancements in water-supply and waste-management technology, the architectural considerations these amenities entailed, and the scientific approach to sanitation that began to emerge by century's end. ''As part of this well-researched study, Maureen Ogle links cities, politicians, systems, sanitarians, and ideas to produce a compelling account of household plumbing--a taken-for-granted set of devices that allowed Americans to express their individualism and their commitment to 'science.'''--Mark H. Rose, Florida Atlantic University, As any American who has traveled abroad knows, the American home contains more, and more elaborate, plumbing than any other in the world. Indeed, Americans are renowned for their obsession with cleanliness. Although plumbing has occupied a central position in American life since the mid-nineteenth century, little scholarly attention has been paid ......
LC Classification Number
TH6116.O36 1996
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