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Never Done: A History of American Housework
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from Owl Books (November 1, 2000)
9780805066173 | details & prices | 361 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A fully researched and utterly absorbing account of American housework from the nineteenth century to the present day describes the evolution and changing nature of daily chores, discusses the impact of advertising and industrialization, and much more.
from Owl Books (November 1, 2000)
9780805067743 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $16.00
from Diane Pub Co (February 1, 2000)
9780756774455 | details & prices | 361 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Beginning with a description of household chores in the 19th century -- cooking at fireplaces & on cast-iron stoves, laundry done with wash boilers & flatirons, spring housecleaning that had to purge the home of soot & grime, endless water hauling & fire tending -- Strasser demonstrates how industrialization transformed the nature of women's work.