From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart: A Cultural History of Domestic AdviceToday's domestic-advice writers--women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson, and B. Smith--are part of a long tradition, notes Sarah Leavitt. Their success rests on a legacy of literature that has focused on the home as an expression of ideals. Here, |
Contents
Going to Housekeeping Creating a Frugal and Honest Home | 8 |
The Rise of the Domiologist Science in the Home | 40 |
Americanization Model Homes and Lace Curtains | 73 |
Modernism No Junk Is the Cry of the New Interior | 97 |
Color Is Running Riot Character Color and Children | 126 |
Our Own North American Indians Romancing the Past | 148 |
Togetherness and the OpenSpace Plan | 171 |
Conclusion | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
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