Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking, American
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-book
Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking, American
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking, American
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart
Author: Sarah A. Leavitt
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860387
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Today's domestic-advice writers--women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson, and B. Smith--are part of a long tradition, notes Sarah Leavitt. Their success rests on a legacy of literature that has focused on the home as an expression of ideals. Here, Leavitt crafts a fascinating genealogy of domestic advice, based on her readings of hundreds of manuals spanning 150 years of history. Over the years, domestic advisors have educated women about everything from modernism and morality to sanitation and design. Their writings helped create the idealized vision of home held by so many Americans, Leavitt says. Investigating cultural themes in domestic advice written since the mid-nineteenth century, she demonstrates that these works, which found meaning in kitchen counters, parlor rugs, and bric-a-brac, have held the interest of readers despite vast changes in women's roles and opportunities. Domestic-advice manuals have always been the stuff of fantasy, argues Leavitt, demonstrating cultural ideals rather than cultural realities. But these rich sources reveal how women understood the connection between their homes and the larger world. At its most fundamental level, the true domestic fantasy was that women held the power to reform their society through first reforming their homes.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807860387
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Today's domestic-advice writers--women such as Martha Stewart, Cheryl Mendelson, and B. Smith--are part of a long tradition, notes Sarah Leavitt. Their success rests on a legacy of literature that has focused on the home as an expression of ideals. Here, Leavitt crafts a fascinating genealogy of domestic advice, based on her readings of hundreds of manuals spanning 150 years of history. Over the years, domestic advisors have educated women about everything from modernism and morality to sanitation and design. Their writings helped create the idealized vision of home held by so many Americans, Leavitt says. Investigating cultural themes in domestic advice written since the mid-nineteenth century, she demonstrates that these works, which found meaning in kitchen counters, parlor rugs, and bric-a-brac, have held the interest of readers despite vast changes in women's roles and opportunities. Domestic-advice manuals have always been the stuff of fantasy, argues Leavitt, demonstrating cultural ideals rather than cultural realities. But these rich sources reveal how women understood the connection between their homes and the larger world. At its most fundamental level, the true domestic fantasy was that women held the power to reform their society through first reforming their homes.
Catharine Beecher
Author: Kathryn Kish Sklar
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393008128
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
“A thoughtful, ingenious, speculative book, a pleasure to read and to reread. No one interested in the history of women and the family, and in Victorian civilization as a whole, can afford to miss it.” —Journal of American History
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393008128
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
“A thoughtful, ingenious, speculative book, a pleasure to read and to reread. No one interested in the history of women and the family, and in Victorian civilization as a whole, can afford to miss it.” —Journal of American History
Woman's Record
Author: Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 966
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The Duty of American Women to Their Country
Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism
Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Although Beecher takes issue with the call for women's active involvement in the abolition movement, her discussion reveals the inter-relationship between 19th century abolitionism and 19th century feminism.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abolitionists
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Although Beecher takes issue with the call for women's active involvement in the abolition movement, her discussion reveals the inter-relationship between 19th century abolitionism and 19th century feminism.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy
Author: Catharine Esther Beecher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Letters to Catherine E. Beecher
Author: Angelina Emily Grimké
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Angelina Emily Grimké's 'Letters to Catherine E. Beecher' is a collection of insightful and powerful correspondences between two prominent women in the 19th century. Grimké, known for her abolitionist and feminist beliefs, uses her eloquent literary style to challenge Beecher's conservative views on gender roles and women's rights. The letters provide a fascinating look into the mindset of two influential figures during a transformative period in American history, making it a valuable resource for scholars of feminist literature and social movements. Grimké's strong arguments and passionate language create a compelling narrative that resonates with readers to this day.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Angelina Emily Grimké's 'Letters to Catherine E. Beecher' is a collection of insightful and powerful correspondences between two prominent women in the 19th century. Grimké, known for her abolitionist and feminist beliefs, uses her eloquent literary style to challenge Beecher's conservative views on gender roles and women's rights. The letters provide a fascinating look into the mindset of two influential figures during a transformative period in American history, making it a valuable resource for scholars of feminist literature and social movements. Grimké's strong arguments and passionate language create a compelling narrative that resonates with readers to this day.
The American Woman's Home
Author: Catharine E. Beecher
Publisher: Pinnacle Press
ISBN: 9781374900424
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Pinnacle Press
ISBN: 9781374900424
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
American Exceptionalism
Author: Ian Tyrrell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226833429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A powerful dissection of a core American myth. The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Throughout his distinguished career, Ian Tyrrell has been one of the most influential historians of the idea of American exceptionalism, but he has never written a book focused solely on it until now. The notion that American identity might be exceptional emerged, Tyrrell shows, from the belief that the nascent early republic was not simply a postcolonial state but a genuinely new experiment in an imperialist world dominated by Britain. Prior to the Civil War, American exceptionalism fostered declarations of cultural, economic, and spatial independence. As the country grew in population and size, becoming a major player in the global order, its exceptionalist beliefs came more and more into focus—and into question. Over time, a political divide emerged: those who believed that America’s exceptionalism was the basis of its virtue and those who saw America as either a long way from perfect or actually fully unexceptional, and thus subject to universal demands for justice. Tyrrell masterfully articulates the many forces that made American exceptionalism such a divisive and definitional concept. Today, he notes, the demands that people acknowledge America’s exceptionalism have grown ever more strident, even as the material and moral evidence for that exceptionalism—to the extent that there ever was any—has withered away.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226833429
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A powerful dissection of a core American myth. The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Throughout his distinguished career, Ian Tyrrell has been one of the most influential historians of the idea of American exceptionalism, but he has never written a book focused solely on it until now. The notion that American identity might be exceptional emerged, Tyrrell shows, from the belief that the nascent early republic was not simply a postcolonial state but a genuinely new experiment in an imperialist world dominated by Britain. Prior to the Civil War, American exceptionalism fostered declarations of cultural, economic, and spatial independence. As the country grew in population and size, becoming a major player in the global order, its exceptionalist beliefs came more and more into focus—and into question. Over time, a political divide emerged: those who believed that America’s exceptionalism was the basis of its virtue and those who saw America as either a long way from perfect or actually fully unexceptional, and thus subject to universal demands for justice. Tyrrell masterfully articulates the many forces that made American exceptionalism such a divisive and definitional concept. Today, he notes, the demands that people acknowledge America’s exceptionalism have grown ever more strident, even as the material and moral evidence for that exceptionalism—to the extent that there ever was any—has withered away.