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Never Done: A History Of American Housework
Never Done A History Of American Housework
Author: Susan Strasser
Beginning with a description of household chores in the 19th century -- cooking at fireplaces & on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with wash boilers & flatirons, spring housecleaning that had to purge the home of soot & grime, endless water hauling & fire tending -- Strasser demonstrates how industrialization transformed the nature of women's wor...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780756774455
ISBN-10: 0756774454
Publication Date: 2/1/2000
Pages: 361
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Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a very thorough history displaying good scholarship, yet it is interesting and even humorous in places. It contains many black and white prints of old ads, cartoons, photographs, etc.
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An interesting perspective on history.