Stir It Up: Home Economics in American Culture
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For Americans who came of age in the mid-twentieth century, home economics conjures memories of burnt toast and sewing disasters. But as historian Megan Elias shows in Stir It Up, home economics began as an idealistic reform movement in higher education in the early 1900s. Leaders of this movement sought to discover and disseminate the best methods for performing domestic work while creating new professional options for women that were based...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812221214
ISBN13:9780812221213
Release Date:August 2010
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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