text The secret history of home economics : how trailblazing women harnessed the power of home and changed the way we live
- Summary
- "The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken cakes. But obscured by common conception is... Read more
- Contents
- Everything you know about home economics is wrong -- The road to home economics -- The Lake Placid Conference -- Food will win the war -- Perhaps it wasn't really a man's job after all -- It's up to the women -- Clothes moths work for Hitler -- Fr... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- 348 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24cm
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company 2021
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 640.92 DRE in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| TADL-WOOD | 640.92 DRE in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 640.92 DRE in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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