GUSN-149250
ix, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Dwellings History.
Vernacular architecture History.
Social life and customs 1865-1918.
Foy, Jessica H., 1960-
Schlereth, Thomas J.
Introduction : American homes and American scholars / Thomas J. Schlereth -- The modern look of the early twentieth-century house : a mirror of changing lifestyles / Candace M. Volz -- The decline of the memory palace : the parlor after 1890 / Katherine C. Grier -- Children in the house, 1890 to 1930 / Karin Calvert -- Home libraries : special spaces, reading places / Linda M. Kruger -- A history of American beds and bedrooms, 1890-1930 / Elizabeth Collins Cromley -- "The family that plays together stays together" : family pastimes and indoor amusements, 1890-1930 / Donna R. Braden -- Parlor piety : the home as sacred space in Protestant America / Colleen McDannell -- Gardens of change / Patricia M. Tice -- Coal stoves and clean sinks : housework between 1890 and 1930 / Ruth Schwartz Cowan -- Conduits and conduct : home utilities in Victorian America, 1876-1915 / Thomas J. Schlereth.
Modernizing domestic service / Daniel E. Sutherland.
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press
ix, 284 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rodris Roth Library (copy 2).
0870497596 (alk. paper)
Stacks E168.A513 1992
Roth E168.A513 1992 c.2
Coll. E168.A513 1992 c.3
United States
1st ed.
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