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From fireplace to cookstove : technology and the domestic ideal in America / Priscilla J. Brewer.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating GT425.U5 B74 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brewer, Priscilla J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stoves--Social aspects--United States.
- Stoves.
- Stoves--United States--History.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Shows the cookstove both as a functional artifact and cultural symbol, exploring history, technology, the role of women, and the evolution of the American home and family.
- Contents:
- 1. "Good Living for Those That Love Good Fire" 1
- 2. "So Much of the Comfort of Our Lives Depends on Fire" 15
- 3. "The Art of Economizing Fuel" 38
- 4. "A Great Variety of Stoves Just Received" 63
- 5. "Near a Stove the Heart Builds No Altars" 95
- 6. "We Have Got a Very Good Cooking Stove" 118
- 7. "This Necessary Evil
- The Cooking Stove" 153
- 8. "The Disappearing Kitchen Range" 191
- 9. "A Nice, Clean Fire Whenever Needed" 221
- 10. "Rediscovering the Woodburning Cookstove" 241.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-324) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Eden fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 0815606508
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