Connected : how trains, genes, pineapples, piano keys, and a few disasters transformed Americans at the dawn of the Twentieth Century

Cassedy, Steven (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780804763721 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0804763720 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780804788410 (electronic)
Physical Description: print
xx, 319 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-304) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"To push back the shadow upon the dial of time" : the astonishing new facts of life and death -- The biological self -- Sex o'clock in America -- The neurophysiological mind; Or not -- The network of spatialized time -- The networked house and home -- The globalized consumer network : from pineapples to Turkey Red cigarettes to the bunny hug -- Race goes scientific, then transnational -- Religion goes worldly, ecumenical, and collective -- Citizen, community, state -- Conclusion : who you are.