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American home life, 1880-1930 : a social history of spaces and services / edited by Jessica H. Foy and Thomas J. Schlereth.
Title & Author:

American home life, 1880-1930 : a social history of spaces and services / edited by Jessica H. Foy and Thomas J. Schlereth.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©1992.

Description:

ix, 284 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : American homes and American scholars / Thomas J. Schlereth -- The modern look of the early twentieth-century house : a mirror of changing lifestyles / Candace M. Volz -- The 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 -- A history of American beds and bedrooms, 1890-1930 / Elizabeth Collins Cromley -- "The 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.
Summary:

In the pivotal decades around the turn of the century, American domestic life underwent dramatic alteration. From backstairs to front stairs, spaces and the activities within them were radically affected by shifts in the larger social and material environments. This volume, while taking account of architecture and decoration, moves us beyond the study of buildings to the study of behaviors, particularly the behaviors of those who peopled the middle-class, single-family, detached American home between 1880 and 1930. The book's contributors study transformations in services (such as home utilities of power, heat, light, water, and waste removal) in servicing (for example, the impact of home appliances such as gas and electric ranges, washing machines, and refrigerators), and in serving (changes in domestic servants' duties, hours of work, racial and ethnic backgrounds). In blending intellectual and home history, these essays both examine and exemplify the perennial American enthusiasm for, as well as anxiety about, the meaning of modernity.

ISBN:

0870497596 (alk. paper)
9780870497599 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Dwellings United States History.
Vernacular architecture United States History.
Habitations États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture vernaculaire États-Unis Histoire.
Dwellings.
Manners and customs.
Vernacular architecture.
Innenarchitektur
Privatleben
1880-1889.
1890-1899.
1900-1949.
Architecture domestique.
Coutume.
Habitation.
Histoire.
Moeurs.
Organisation spatiale.
Travail domestique.
Vie quotidienne.
Geschichte (1880-1930)
Vernacular architecture United States.
Architecture, Domestic United States
Architecture United States 19th century
Architecture United States 20th century
United States Social life and customs 1865-1918.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1865-1918.
United States.
États-Unis.
USA.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918
Dwellings -- United States -- History
Vernacular architecture -- United States -- History
woningen
dwellings
festivals
geschiedenis
history
huizen
homes
huisvesting
housing
vs
usa
gebruik
usage
gebruiken
customs
openbaar leven
public life
Economic, Social, and Cultural History of North America
Economische, sociale en cultuurgeschiedenis van Noord-Amerika

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Foy, Jessica H., 1960-
Schlereth, Thomas J.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86656
Call No.: ID E168.A49; ID:95-B4047
Status: Available

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