Remaking the John: The Invention and Reinvention of the Toilet

by Francesca Davis DiPiazza

Did you know that about 40 percent of the world's population lives without toilets? That's more than two billion people, most of whom live in rural areas or crowded urban slums. And according to the World Health Organization, diseases spread by the lack of basic sanitation kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. In particular, diarrheal diseases kill more than two million people each year, most of them children.

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• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467726451
• ISBN13: 9781467726450
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary