All the modern conveniences : American household plumbing, 1840-1890 / Maureen Ogle.

Main entry:

Ogle, Maureen.

Title & Author:

All the modern conveniences : American household plumbing, 1840-1890 / Maureen Ogle.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

Description:

xii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; [new ser., no. 20]

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-182) and index.
1. Domestic Reform and American Household Plumbing, 1840-1870 -- 2. Water Supply and Waste Disposal for the Convenient House -- 3. Convenience Embodied: Midcentury Plumbing Fixtures -- 4. The End of Convenience: Science, Sanitation, and Professionalism, 1870-1890 -- 5. The Sanitarians Take Charge: Scientific Plumbing in the American Home.

Summary:

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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ISBN:

0801852277 (acid-free paper)
9780801852275 (acid-free paper)
0801863708
9780801863707

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Plumbing United States History.
Technology Social aspects United States.
Technology.
Sociology.
Sanitary Engineering history
Installations sanitaires États-Unis Histoire.
Technologie Aspect social États-Unis.
Plomberie États-Unis Histoire.
Technologie.
Sociologie.
sociology.
Manners and customs
Plumbing
Technology Social aspects
Sanitäranlage
Sanitärtechnik
United States Social life and customs 19th century.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 19e siècle.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology ; new ser., no. 20.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 110538
Call No.: ID TH6116.O36; ID:96-B1740
Status: Available

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