Connected: How Trains, Genes, Pineapples, Piano Keys, and a Few Disasters Transformed Americans at the Dawn of the Twentieth Cent Contributor(s): Cassedy, Steven (Author) |
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ISBN: 080479524X ISBN-13: 9780804795241 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Social History |
Dewey: 973.8 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, Americans underwent a dramatic transformation: having formerly lived as individuals or members of small communities, they now found themselves living in networks-physical, social, and political-which bound them together in ways never previously imagined. |