Cleansing and clarifying: Technology and perception in nineteenth-century London

Journal of British Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-64

  Otter, Christopher ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34347384130     PISSN: 00219371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378374     Document Type: Review

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