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Sweeping the German nation : domesticity and national identity in Germany, 1870-1945 / Nancy R. Reagin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Reagin, Nancy Ruth, 1960-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
National characteristics, German--History--19th century.
National characteristics, German.
National characteristics, German--History--20th century.
Housekeeping--Germany--History--19th century.
Housekeeping.
Housekeeping--Germany--History--20th century.
Germany--Social life and customs--19th century.
Germany.
Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (263 p.)
Place of Publication:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
German housekeepers have an international reputation characterized by thrift, order, and extreme cleanliness. But where did this stereotype come from? This book explores how Germans defined and developed a particular style of domesticity in the late nineteenth century, and how it became crucial to German national identity.
Contents:
The habitus of domesticity
Domesticity and German national character
The politicization of housework
Domesticity and Volksgemeinschaft
The autarkic household and the Nazi Four-Year Plan
Domesticity and "Germanization" in occupied Poland.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-243) and index.
ISBN:
1-107-16297-1
1-280-70325-3
0-511-24984-5
0-511-24876-8
0-511-25035-5
0-511-31896-0
0-511-24931-4
OCLC:
476020799

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