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Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology: All the Modern Conveniences : American Household Plumbing, 1840-1890 by Maureen Ogle (1966, Hardcover)
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ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES: AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD PLUMBING, 1840-1890 (JOHNS HOPKINS STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY) By Professor Maureen Ogle - Hardcover **BRAND NEW**.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-100801852277
ISBN-139780801852275
eBay Product ID (ePID)372060
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAll the Modern Conveniences : American Household Plumbing, 1840-1890
Publication Year1966
SubjectConstruction / Plumbing, Social Aspects, History, Customs & Traditions
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
AuthorMaureen Ogle
SeriesJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN95-044412
Dewey Edition20
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'
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal696/.1/097309034
SynopsisUntil 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 NumberTH6116.O36 1996
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