Domestic goods : the material, the moral, and the economic in the postwar years / Joy Parr.

Main entry:

Parr, Joy.

Title & Author:

Domestic goods : the material, the moral, and the economic in the postwar years / Joy Parr.

Publication:

Description:

x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-348) and index.
pt. 1. Political Economy. 1. Domestic Goods in Wartime. 2. Envisioning a Modern Domesticity. 3. Gender, Keynes, and Reconstruction. 4. Consumer Sovereignty. 5. Borrowing to Buy -- pt. 2. Design. 6. Inter/national Style. 7. Maple as Modern. 8. Domesticating Objects -- pt. 3. Household Choices. 9. Shopping for a Good Stove. 10. What Makes Washday Less Blue? 11. A Caution of Excess -- App. 1. Households Equipped with Major Domestic Appliances -- App. 2. Interviews and Letters.

Resources:
c1999.
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0802040977 (hard ; alk. paper)
9780802040978 (hard ; alk. paper)
0802079474 (pbk.)
9780802079473 (pbk.)

Subject:

Household appliances Canada History 20th century.
Furniture Canada History 20th century.
Consumer goods Canada History 20th century.
Household appliances Canada History.
Electric household appliances industry Canada History.
Appareils ménagers Canada Histoire.
Appareils électroménagers Industrie Canada Histoire.
Meubles Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Meubles Industrie et commerce Canada Histoire.
Biens de consommation Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
Appareils ménagers Canada Histoire 20e siècle.
49.15 home economics.
15.85 history of America.
Electric household appliances industry
Consumer goods
Furniture
Household appliances
Hausrat
Produktgestaltung
Verbraucherverhalten
Huishoudelijke apparaten.
Huisraad.
Meubels.
Geschichte 1945-1965.
Furniture industry and trade Canada History.
Canada
Kanada
Appliances Canada 1940-1970.
Furniture Canada 1940-1970.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 233768
Call No.: TX298 P36 1999
Status: Available

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