Description |
ix, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
American homes and American scholars / Thomas J. Schlereth -- Modern look of the early twentieth-century house : a mirror of changing lifestyles / Candace M. Volz -- Decline of the memory palace : the parlor after 1890 / Katherine C. Grier -- Children in the house, 1890 to 1930 / Karin Calvert -- Home libraries : special spaces, reading places / Linda M. Kruger -- History of American beds and bedrooms, 1890-1930 / Elizabeth Collins Cromley -- "Family that plays together stays together" : family pastimes and indoor amusements, 1890-1930 / Donna R. Braden -- Parlor piety : the home as sacred space in Protestant America / Colleen McDannell -- Gardens of change / Patricia M. Tice -- Coal stoves and clean sinks : housework between 1890 and 1930 / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- Conduits and conduct : home utilities in Victorian America, 1876-1915 / Thomas J. Schlereth -- Modernizing domestic service / Daniel E. Sutherland. |
Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918.
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Dwellings -- United States -- History.
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Vernacular architecture -- United States -- History.
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Added Author |
Foy, Jessica H., 1960-
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Schlereth, Thomas J.
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ISBN |
087049855X (pbk.) |
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