Making the American Home: Middle-class Women & Domestic Material Culture, 1840-1940Marilyn Ferris Motz, Pat Browne The transformation of a house into a home has been in our culture a traditional task of women. The articles examine this process as they reflected the role of American middle-class women as homemakers in the years 1840-1940. |
Contents
Marilyn Ferris Motz | 1 |
Midwestern Women | 11 |
Womens Liminal Space | 69 |
The American Womans | 90 |
The Japanese Taste | 121 |
Tailoress and Weaver | 140 |
A Case Study | 158 |
The Domestic Mission of the Privileged American | 193 |
Notes on Contributors | 211 |
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