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Lunchtime Time Machine: Why didn't the United States ever go metric?

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mihm@uga.edu
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101 LeConte

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Stephen Mihm who presents the question, "Why didn't the U.S. ever go metric?

Can't make this event? @UGAResearch will Livestream this event Tuesday on Instagram!

Professor Mihm teaches courses on the United States in the nineteenth century and the history of capitalism. He is finishing a book on the history of standards and standardization in the United States.

Free admission, free pizza!

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