In terms of
    countries like the United States and Great Britain, in many ways the technological contours of
    the modern society we know today were already in place, at least among the upper classes.
    Wealthy people had indoor plumbing, flush toilets, telephones, and electrical wiring in their
    homes. The difference between then and now was that a very small percentage of the population
    could afford such amenities.
 The automobile had been invented by 1902,
    though again, only the wealthy could afford to own one, and these were primitive and dangerous
    vehicles by...
 
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