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From hand tools to holidays to weapons to washing machines, An Uncommon History of Common Things features hundreds of colorful illustrations, timelines, sidebars, and more as it explores just about every subject under the sun. Who knew that indoor plumbing has been around for 4,600 years, but punctuation, capital letters, and the handy spaces between written words only date back to the Dark Ages? Or that ancient soldiers baked a kind of pizza on their shieldswhen they werent busy flying kites to frighten their foes?
Every page of this quirky compendium catalogs something fascinating, surprising, or serendipitous. A lively, incomparably browsable read for history buffs, pop culture lovers, and anyone who relishes the odd and extraordinary details hidden in the everyday, it will inform, amuse, astonishand alter the way you think about the clever creatures we call humans.
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An Uncommon History of Common Things
Bethanne Patrick and John Thompson
Published by the National Geographic Society
John M. Fahey, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer
Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board
Tim T. Kelly, President, Global Media Group
John Q. Griffin, President, Publishing
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Hardcover ISBN9781426204203
Hardcover (deluxe) ISBN9781426204210
eBook ISBN9781426212277
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Patrick, Bethanne Kelly.
An uncommon history of common things / by Bethanne Patrick, John Thompson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4262-0420-3 (direct mail)
1. United States--Civilization--Miscellanea. 2. United States--Civilization--Chronology. I. Thompson, John M. (John Milliken), 1959- II. Title.
E169.1.P26 2008
973--dc22
2008040447
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