| Description |
367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Introduction. The grand domestic revolution -- II. Communitarian socialism and domestic feminism. Socialism in model villages ; Feminism in model households -- III. Cooperative housekeeping. Housewives in Harvard Square ; Free lovers, individual sovereigns, and integral cooperators ; Suffragists, philanthropists, and temperance workers -- IV. Widening circles of reform. Domestic space in fictional socialist cities ; Public kitchens, social settlements, and the cooperative ideal -- V. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her influence. Domestic evolution or domestic revolution? ; Community kitchens and cooked food services ; Homes without kitchens and towns without housework ; Coordinating women's interests -- VI. Backlash. Madame Kollontai and Mrs. Consumer ; Feminist politics and domestic life -- Appendix. Table A.1. Cooked food delivery services, founded 1869-1921 ; Table A.2. Cooperative dining clubs, founded 1885-1907 |
| Analysis |
Architecture, Domestic United States |
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Division of labor |
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Feminism United States |
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Home economics United States |
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Housewives United States |
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Women and socialism United States |
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United States Feminism 1869-1921 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- History.
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Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
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Division of labor.
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Feminism -- United States -- History.
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Feminism -- United States.
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Home economics -- United States.
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Housewives -- United States -- History.
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Housewives -- United States.
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Sexual division of labor.
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Women and socialism -- United States.
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| LC no. |
80018917 |
| ISBN |
0262081083 |
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0262580551 (paperback) |
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