All the Modern Conveniences

Paperback / softback. New. She 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.

The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore 1996 . Fine 24.0 x 15.5cms, 192pp, b/w Illusts Fine Hard Cover This book investigates 19th century American plumbing by examining the values, beliefs and ideas that prompted a mid-century desire for convenience and modernity and a later obsession with 'scientific' plumbing.

Paperback / softback. New. She 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.

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2000. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.