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      America Brushes Up: The Use and Marketing of Toothpaste and Toothbrushes in the Twentieth Century

      Kerry Segrave

      Deals with the toothpaste and toothbrush industries from 1900 to 2008. This book shows that during these years, America moved from a nation of people who mostly cleaned their teeth…

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      The Women Who Got America Talking: Early Telephone Operators, 1878-1922

      Kerry Segrave

      When the need for telephone operators arose in the 1870s, the assumption was that they should all be male. Wages for adult men were too high, so boys were hired…

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      The Electric Car in America, 1890-1922: A Social History

      Kerry Segrave

      The electric vehicle seemed poised in 1900 to be a leader, even the dominant force, in the early American car market. They were clean, odorless, noiseless and they were mechanically…

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      Anti-rock: The Opposition to Rock ‘n’ Roll

      Linda Martin,Kerry Segrave

      The authors document the numerous attempts to ban or censor rock music, and dramatically show how it has been blamed for everything from anarchy and juvenile delinquency to drugs, deafness…

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