"Just a housewife" : the rise and fall of domesticity in America / Glenna Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Glenna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--Social conditions.

Women.

Housewives--United States--History--19th century.

Housewives.

Housewives--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Housewives constitute a large section of the population, yet they have received very little attention, let alone respect. Glenna Matthews, who herself spent many years as ""just a housewife"" before becoming a scholar of American history, sets out to redress this imbalance. While the male world of work has always received the most respect, Matthews maintains that widespread reverence for the home prevailed in the nineteenth century.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""ONE: The Emergence of a New Ideology""; ""TWO: The Golden Age of Domesticity""; ""THREE: Domestic Feminism and the World Outside the Home""; ""FOUR: Toward an Industrialized Home""; ""FIVE: Darwinism and Domesticity: The Impact of Evolutionary Theory on the Status of the Home""; ""SIX: The Housewife and the Home Economist""; ""SEVEN: Domesticity and the Culture of Consumption""; ""EIGHT: Naming the Problem""; ""Afterword""; ""Notes""; ""Appendix""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliography: p. 227-262 and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-19-972890-9

1-280-52407-3

9786610524075

OCLC:

870241824