From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart : a cultural history of domestic advice / by Sarah A. Leavitt.

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Leavitt, Sarah Abigail

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0807860387
9780807860380

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart.DDC classification:

640/.9 21

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TX15 .L43 2002eb

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15.85
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ZE 7300

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Contents:

ch. 1. Going to housekeeping : creating a frugal and honest home -- ch. 2. The rise of the domiologist : science in the home -- ch. 3. Americanization, model homes, and lace curtains -- ch. 4. Modernism : no junk! is the cry of the new interior -- ch. 5. Color is running riot : character, color, and children -- ch. 6. Our own North American Indians : romancing the past -- ch. 7. Togetherness and the open-space plan.

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Summary: This study demonstrates that today's domestic advice writers -women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson and B. Smith - are part of a long tradition. Sarah A. Leavitt crafts a cultural history and genealogy of domestic advice, based on her readings of manuals spanning 150 years of history.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.

This study demonstrates that today's domestic advice writers -women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson and B. Smith - are part of a long tradition. Sarah A. Leavitt crafts a cultural history and genealogy of domestic advice, based on her readings of manuals spanning 150 years of history.

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