Title More work for mother : the ironies of household technology from the open hearth to the microwave

Published New York : Basic Books, [1983] ©1983

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Description xiv, 257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents Includes index Summary Shows how new, supposedly time-saving inventions have both increased the workload and improved the standard of living Analysis Sozialgeschichte History Housework Overseas item United States Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 220-233 Includes index Subject Home economics -- Social aspects. Home economics -- United States -- History. Household appliances -- United States -- History. Housewives -- United States -- History. Household Articles -- history. Housekeeping -- history. Technology -- history. LC no. 8307000759 ISBN 0465047319 0465047327 (paperback)

Other Titles Household technology from the open hearth to the microwave Household technology from the open hearth to the microwave

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