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Stoner, Eliza V.

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Commodifying convenience, cleanliness, and privacy: American public restroom design since 1851.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Commodifying convenience, cleanliness, and privacy: American public restroom design since 1851./
Author:	Stoner, Eliza V.
Description:	112 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2481.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International44-06.
Subject:	American Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1435845
ISBN:	9780542718779

Commodifying convenience, cleanliness, and privacy: American public restroom design since 1851.
Stoner, Eliza V.

Commodifying convenience, cleanliness, and privacy: American public restroom design since 1851. - 112 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2481.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2006.

Cultural beliefs often remain unstated because they are too obvious, or because they are too offensive. This thesis will discuss public restrooms, which have seldom been analyzed because they concern an aspect of human life that is generally not discussed. As a result, the objects associated with public restrooms become particularly informative.

ISBN: 9780542718779Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017604
American Studies.

Commodifying convenience, cleanliness, and privacy: American public restroom design since 1851.
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520 $a In the mid-19th century, American public restrooms were developed in response to overpopulation and poor sanitary conditions in urban areas such as New York. Inventors and reformers proposed public conveniences to alleviate the situation; however, city officials were reluctant to undergo expensive and controversial plumbing projects, and restroom provision remained limited. Nevertheless, American consumers demanded higher standards of living through plumbing until, by the last quarter of the century, several plumbing fixture companies developed to supply and profit from that demand. By the 20th century, Americans considered public conveniences a right, not a privilege.
520 $a The concept of a clean and private public restroom went from inconceivable to inappropriate to marketable over the course of the 19th century. The complex cultural beliefs behind this progression can be found in the design of the restroom and its various fixtures. Supported by period journalism and historical texts, this thesis examines restroom objects in trade catalogs and patent records to discuss changing health standards, attitudes of and towards public users, and issues of consumerism and privacy since the mid-19th century.
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