The secret history of home economics : how trailblazing women harnessed the power of home and changed the way we live
Item details
- ISBN: 9781324004493
- ISBN: 1324004495
- ISBN: 9781324004509
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Physical Description:
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xv, 348 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021]
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Everything you know about home economics is wrong -- The road to home economics -- The Lake Placid Conference -- Food will win the war -- Perhaps it wasn't really a man's job after all -- It's up to the women -- Clothes moths work for Hitler -- From coveralls to housecoats -- The iron fist in the oven mitt -- Selling Mrs. Housewife -- New directions -- New homemakers build the future -- Beyond stitching and stirring -- Addressing the enemy -- Home economics at risk -- What would Ellen do? -- How to bring back home ec. |
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