03076nam 2200613Ia 450 991045459030332120200520144314.00-19-972890-91-280-52407-39786610524075(CKB)1000000000714211(EBL)270837(OCoLC)870241824(SSID)ssj0000281145(PQKBManifestationID)11223559(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000281145(PQKBWorkID)10301200(PQKB)11674899(MiAaPQ)EBC270837(Au-PeEL)EBL270837(CaPaEBR)ebr10142140(CaONFJC)MIL52407(EXLCZ)99100000000071421119870105d1987 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr"Just a housewife"[electronic resource] the rise and fall of domesticity in America /Glenna MatthewsNew York Oxford University Press19871 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505925-5 Includes bibliography: p. 227-262 and index.""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""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""""O""""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""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. The early stages of industrialization made possible a strong tradition of cooking, baking, and sewing that gave women greatsatisfaction and a place in the worlWomenUnited StatesSocial conditionsHousewivesUnited StatesHistory19th centuryHousewivesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.WomenSocial conditions.HousewivesHistoryHousewivesHistory305.420973Matthews Glenna855213MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454590303321"Just a housewife"1909364UNINA