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- catalog abstract ""In The Comforts of Home, an unprecedented work written for a general audience with no particular knowledge of science or technology, social historian Merritt Ierley weaves in aspects of architecture, social history, and technology to present an underexplored but central feature of American cultural identity: how our lives are shaped by the domestic technology around us. Here we see a simple brick cubicle with a stove inside it evolve into central heating, a barrel with a large handle become the automatic washing machine, a box lined with charcoal give us the modern refrigerator, and the modern toilet develop from a rudimentary stone trough."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11486383.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""In The Comforts of Home, an unprecedented work written for a general audience with no particular knowledge of science or technology, social historian Merritt Ierley weaves in aspects of architecture, social history, and technology to present an underexplored but central feature of American cultural identity: how our lives are shaped by the domestic technology around us. Here we see a simple brick cubicle with a stove inside it evolve into central heating, a barrel with a large handle become the automatic washing machine, a box lined with charcoal give us the modern refrigerator, and the modern toilet develop from a rudimentary stone trough."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272) and index.".
- catalog description "The Coming of Modern: 1805 -- Power, Fuel, and Water Supply -- Heating -- Lighting -- Bathing -- The Water Closet -- In and Around the Kitchen -- The Future: More Recognizable: 1830 -- Between Thumb and Finger: 1860 -- Power, Fuel, and Water Supply -- Heating -- Lighting -- The Bathroom -- Appliances -- The Kitchen -- The Future: More Recognizable: 1900 -- The Perfecting of Comfort: The 1920s to the Present -- Power, Fuel, and Infrastructure -- Heating and Air Conditioning -- Lighting -- The Bathroom -- Appliances -- The Kitchen.".
- catalog extent "287 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Comforts of home.".
- catalog identifier "0609602993 (hardbound)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Comforts of home.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : C. Potter,".
- catalog relation "Comforts of home.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "696/.0973 21".
- catalog subject "Dwellings Environmental engineering United States History.".
- catalog subject "TH6057.A6 I37 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Coming of Modern: 1805 -- Power, Fuel, and Water Supply -- Heating -- Lighting -- Bathing -- The Water Closet -- In and Around the Kitchen -- The Future: More Recognizable: 1830 -- Between Thumb and Finger: 1860 -- Power, Fuel, and Water Supply -- Heating -- Lighting -- The Bathroom -- Appliances -- The Kitchen -- The Future: More Recognizable: 1900 -- The Perfecting of Comfort: The 1920s to the Present -- Power, Fuel, and Infrastructure -- Heating and Air Conditioning -- Lighting -- The Bathroom -- Appliances -- The Kitchen.".
- catalog title "The comforts of home : the American house and the evolution of modern convenience / Merritt Ierley.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".