More Work For Mother : The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave

Name: More Work For Mother
Brand: Basic Books
SKU: 9780465047321
Price: 3850 KES
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ISBN: 9780465047321

by Ruth Cowan

Book Details

Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0465047327

ISBN-13 9780465047321

Publisher Basic Books

Imprint Basic Books

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Mar 11th, 1985

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 346 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 23.00 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Gender studies: women and girls Gender studies: women Sociology: family & relationships Sociology: family, kinship and relationships Sociology: work & labour Sociology: work and labour

KSh 3,850.00

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In this classic work of women's history (winner of the 1984 Dexter Prize from the Society for the History of Technology), Ruth Schwartz Cowan shows how and why modern women devote as much time to housework as did their colonial sisters. In lively and provocative prose, Cowan explains how the modern conveniences—washing machines, white flour, vacuums, commercial cotton—seemed at first to offer working-class women middle-class standards of comfort. Over time, however, it became clear that these gadgets and gizmos mainly replaced work previously conducted by men, children, and servants. Instead of living lives of leisure, middle-class women found themselves struggling to keep up with ever higher standards of cleanliness.

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