Never Done: A History of American Housework
by Susan Strasser
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805067744
- ISBN 13
- 9780805067743
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2000. First Thus Edition. paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. First Thus Edition. Paperback. Glossy lavender cover with broom illustration and blue, black and red text. Finally back in print, with a new Preface by the author, this lively, authoritative, and pathbreaking study considers the history of material advances and domestic service, the "women's separate sphere," and the respective influences of advertising, home economics, and women's entry into the workforce. 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 work. Easing some tasks and eliminating others, new commercial processes inexorably altered women's daily lives and relationshipsâwith each other and with those they served. 361pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are lightly rubbed. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are tight. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073349
- Title
- Never Done: A History of American Housework
- Author
- Susan Strasser
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805067744
- ISBN 13
- 9780805067743
- Publisher
- Holt Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- Women's studies, gender, feminism
- X weight
- 17 oz
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