Home Fires How Americans Kept Warm in the Nineteenth Century |
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| Author:
| Adams, Sean Patrick |
| Series title: | How Things Worked Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-1357-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Home Fires tells the fascinating story of how changes in home heating over the nineteenth century spurred the growth of networks that helped remake American society. Sean Patrick Adams reconstructs the ways in which the 'industrial hearth' appeared in American cities, the methods that entrepreneurs in home heating markets used to convince ......
Home Fires tells the fascinating story of how changes in home heating over the nineteenth century spurred the growth of networks that helped remake American society. Sean Patrick Adams reconstructs the ways in which the 'industrial hearth' appeared in American cities, the methods that entrepreneurs in home heating markets used to convince ......