The American Woman's HomeThe American Womans Home, originally published in 1869, was one of the late nineteenth centurys most important handbooks of domestic advice. The result of a collaboration by two of the eras most important writers, this book represents their attempt to direct womens acquisition and use of a dizzying variety of new household consumer goods available in the postCivil War economic boom. It updates Catharine Beechers influential Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841) and incorporates domestic writings by Harriet Beecher Stowe first published in The Atlantic in the 1860s. Today, the book can be likened to an anthology of household hints, with articles on cooking, decorating, housekeeping, child-rearing, hygiene, gardening, etiquette, and home amusements. The American Womans Home, almost a bible on domestic topics for Victorian women, illuminates womens roles a century and a half ago and can be used for comparison with modern theories on the role of women in the home and in society. Illustrated with the original engravings, this completely new edition offers a lively introduction by Nicole Tonkovich and notes linking the text to important historical, social, and cultural events of the late nineteenth century |
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... light , details the processes of physiology , quotes liberally from practicing and publishing scientific authorities , and presents detailed diagrams of physical , biological , and chemical processes that relate to every- day life ...
... : Greenwood , 1994 . Green , Harvey . The Light of the Home : An Intimate View of the Lives of Women in Victorian America . New York : Pantheon , 1983 . Grier , Katherine C. Culture and Comfort : Parlor Making xxxiv Selected Bibliography.
... light and heat , by night , a great waste of money - Eight hours ' sleep enough - Excessive sleep debilitating - Early rising necessary to a well- regulated family , to the amount of work to be done , to the community , to schools , and ...
... LIGHTS . Woodfires - Shallow fireplaces - Utensils - The best wood for fires - How to meas- ure a load - Splitting and piling - Ashes - Cleaning up - Stoves and grates - Venti- lation - Moisture - Stove - pipe thimbles - Anthracite coal ...
... Lights - Poor economy to use bad light- Gas Oil - Kerosene - Points to be considered : Steadiness , Color , Heat - Argand burners - Dangers of kerosene - Tests of its safety and light - giving qualities - Care of lamps - Utensils needed ...
Contents
VII | 23 |
VIII | 27 |
IX | 42 |
X | 53 |
XI | 58 |
XII | 71 |
XIII | 85 |
XIV | 91 |
XXVI | 197 |
XXVII | 205 |
XXVIII | 214 |
XXIX | 225 |
XXX | 228 |
XXXI | 247 |
XXXII | 256 |
XXXIII | 260 |
XV | 95 |
XVI | 108 |
XVII | 116 |
XVIII | 122 |
XIX | 129 |
XX | 146 |
XXI | 151 |
XXII | 162 |
XXIII | 167 |
XXIV | 176 |
XXV | 185 |
XXXIV | 265 |
XXXV | 270 |
XXXVI | 278 |
XXXVII | 282 |
XXXVIII | 286 |
XXXIX | 289 |
XL | 296 |
XLI | 308 |
XLII | 318 |
XLIII | 333 |