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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... manner & yet to have time for reflection & that preparation for the education of my children which every mother needs . " 12 Even with domestic help Harriet's health faltered and , in 1846 , she joined Catharine at the Brattleboro Water ...
... manners are defi- cient in sympathy ; those who do not own tasteful commodities or who do not respect the possessions of others cannot be truly civilized . Thus the inability of a servant to polish furniture correctly is not simply a ...
... manner of eating Causes of debilitation from misuse of food . - Pages 95-107 . X. HEALTHFUL DRINKS . Stimulating drinks not necessary - Their immediate evil effects upon the human body and tendency to grow into habitual desires - The ...
... a well- regulated family , to the amount of work to be done , to the community , to schools , and to all classes in American society . - Pages 146-150 . XV . DOMESTIC MANNERS . Good manners the expression of ΙΟ Contents.
... manners of the Americans - Causes of abrupt manners to be found in American life - Want of clear discrimination between men - Necessity for distinc- tions of superiority : and subordination - Importance that young mothers should ...
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 |