From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart: A Cultural History of Domestic AdviceToday's domestic-advice writers--women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson, and B. Smith--are part of a long tradition, notes Sarah Leavitt. Their success rests on a legacy of literature that has focused on the home as an expression of ideals. Here, |
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Contents
Going to Housekeeping Creating a Frugal and Honest Home | 8 |
The Rise of the Domiologist Science in the Home | 40 |
Americanization Model Homes and Lace Curtains | 73 |
Modernism No Junk Is the Cry of the New Interior | 97 |
Color Is Running Riot Character Color and Children | 126 |
Our Own North American Indians Romancing the Past | 148 |
Togetherness and the OpenSpace Plan | 171 |
Conclusion | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
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| Title | From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart: A Cultural History of Domestic Advice From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart: A Cultural History of Domestic Advice, Sarah Leavitt |
| Author | Sarah Leavitt |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0807853712, 9780807853719 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / General History / United States / 20th Century Reference / General Social Science / Popular Culture Social Science / Women's Studies |
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