Never Done A History of American Housework

Name: Never Done A History of American Housework
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ISBN: 9780805067743

ISBN-10: 0805067744

ISBN-13: 9780805067743

Edition: Revised

Authors: Susan Strasser

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Finally back in print, with a new Preface by the author, this lively, authoritative, and pathbreaking study considers the history of material advances and domestic service, the "women's separate sphere," and the respective influences of advertising, home economics, and women's entry into the workforce. Never Done begins by describing the household chores of nineteenth-century America: cooking at fireplaces and on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with boilers and flatirons, endless water-hauling and fire-tending, and so on. Strasser goes on to explain and explore how industrialization transformed the nature of women's work. Easing some tasks and eliminating others, new commercial processes…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Susan Strasser is the author of the award winning "Never Done" & "Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Making of the American Mass Market." Her articles have appeared in "The New York Times," "The Washington Post," & "The Nation." A professor of history at the University of Delaware, she lives near Washington, D.C.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Prologue: Never Done



Daily Bread



Out of the Frying Pan



The Home Fires



At the Flick of A Switch



Fetch a Pail of Water



Blue Monday



A Stitch in Time



The Boarder



Mistress and Maid



Redeeming Woman's Profession



The Business of Housekeeping



When the Bough Breaks



Selling Mrs. Consumer



Quick and Easy



You Deserve a Break



Life on the Market


Source Notes


Picture Credits


Index