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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark H Rose |
| ISBN: | 0271013494 9780271013497 |
| OCLC Number: | 30319415 |
| Description: | xviii, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The urbanization of technology and public policy, 1860-1900 -- The blunt discipline of public policy, 1900-1920 -- Agents of diffusion: salespersons and home service representatives, 1900-1920 -- Preparation of producers and consumers: public schools, 1900-1930 -- Two salespersons and ecologies of technological knowledge, 1920-1940 -- Adapting to the city again, 1920-1940 -- Baptismal tanks and the feminized search for environmental perfection, 1945-1985 -- The scholarship of technology and society, 1915-1990s. Illustrations: Henry L. Doherty -- Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, mid-1890s -- Denver residence, before 1900 -- Denver Gas & Electric Company employees, 1908 -- Denver, 1911 -- "Cook with gas" vehicle, c. 1910 -- Denver Gas New Business Department, 1929 -- "The story of the invisible furnaceman" 1923 -- Space heater sales promotion, 1931 -- J. C. Nichols -- Home built by J. C. Nichols, 1920s -- Kitchen for "Little Magic House" 1939 -- Wolferman's Grocery Store, 1939 -- Kitchen sales promotion, 1940 -- Maytag advertisement, c. 1946 -- Public Service Company of Colorado News item, 1950 -- Maytag advertisement, 1951 -- Kitchen of the 1980s. |
| Responsibility: | Mark H. Rose. |
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