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

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.

xx, 319 pages ; 24 cm

"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.

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