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Connected: How Trains, Genes, Pineapples, Piano Keys, and a Few Disasters Transformed Americans at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century
By Cassedy, Steven
- ISBN
- 9780804763721
- Publisher
- Stanford Univ.
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Starred Review on February 15, 2014 | Social Sciences
Cassedy (Slavic & comparative literature, Univ. of California, San Diego; Dostoevsky's Religion) assesses the impact on this country at the turn of the 20th century of such diverse historical phenomena as the burgeoning public health movement, the appearance of home economics as an academic discipline, and homes themselves becoming increasingly networked with and dependent upon community-based sewer, gas, and electric systems. But that's not all. He explores the institu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
