Ebook {Epub PDF} Never Done: A History of American Housework by Susan Strasser

The Resource Never done: a history of American housework, Susan Strasser. Never done: a history of American housework, Susan Strasser.  · www.doorway.ru: Never Done: A History of American Housework: Item is in good condition. Some moderate creases and wear. This item may not come with CDs or additional parts including access codes for textbooks. Might be an ex-library copy and contain writing/highlighting. The dust jacket might be www.doorway.ru: $ Never Done begins by describing the household chores of nineteenth-century America: cooking at fireplaces and on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with boilers and flatirons, endless water-hauling and fire-tending, and so on. Strasser goes on to explain and explore how industrialization transformed the nature of women's www.doorway.ru by:

Never done: a history of American housework. , Pantheon Books. in English - 1st ed. zzzz. Not in Library. Libraries near you: WorldCat. 7. Never done: a history of American housework. I first read Never Done in as a college student studying women's history. I enjoyed it then, and I enjoyed it again this time as a re-read. Strasser has the most rare and excellent quality of being able to condense academic research into a genuinely engaging and readable book. I find that she treats the material in an open and balanced way. Never Done is the first history of American housework. Beginning with a description of household chores of the nineteenth century--cooking at fireplaces and on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with wash boilers and flatirons, endless water hauling and fire tending--Susan Strasser demonstrates how industrialization transformed the nature of women's work.

(“Gonna Be an Engineer”, Peggy Seeger) Never Done: A History of American Houswork is a history of the American home, focusing on the work done within it, one which demonstrates how households became centers of consumption, instead of production. It’s a marvelously meaty work, divided into sections that not only show how chores evolved, but other elements within the household – like the now a. Book Details. Never Done is the first history of American housework. Beginning with a description of household chores of the nineteenth century--cooking at fireplaces and on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with wash boilers and flatirons, endless water hauling and fire tending--Susan Strasser demonstrates how industrialization transformed the nature of women's work. Never Done: A History of American Housework. Never Done.: Susan Strasser. Macmillan, - History - pages. 0 Reviews. Finally back in print, with a new Preface by the author, this lively.