| Description |
1 online resource (502 pages). |
| Series |
Harriet Beecher Stowe anthology |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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| Note |
Added engraved title page |
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Publisher's advertisements on p. [1]-[12] at end |
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"S.W. Green, printer and stereotyper, 16 and 18 Jacob Street, New York"--T.p. verso |
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Illustrated with wood engravings |
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Original document: Book. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The Christian family -- A Christian house -- A healthful home -- Scientific domestic ventilation -- Stoves, furnaces, and chimneys -- Home decoration -- The care of health -- Domestic exercise -- Healthful food -- Healthful drinks -- Cleanliness -- Clothing -- Good cooking -- Early rising -- Domestic manners -- Good temper in the housekeeper -- Habits of system and order -- Giving in charity -- Economy of time and expenses -- Health of mind -- The care of infants -- The management of young children -- Domestic amusements and social duties -- Care of the aged -- The care of servants -- Care of the sick -- Accidents and antidotes -- Sewing, cutting, and mending -- Fires and lights -- The care of rooms -- The care of yards and gardens -- The propagation of plants -- The cultivation of fruit -- The care of domestic animals -- Earth-closets -- Warming and ventilation -- Care of the homeless, the helpless, and the vicious -- The Christian neighborhood -- Appeal to the American women -- Glossary of words and references -- Analytical index |
| Summary |
This volume on the domestic sciences was co-authored by Harriet Beecher Stowe and her elder sister, Catharine Beecher, an educator and reformer who was instrumental in Beecher Stowe's rearing and education after the loss of their mother when Beecher Stowe was five years old. This book contains advice on everything from religion to chimney and furnace cleaning, home decorating to healthcare, exercise and nutrition, as well as laundry, household budgeting, gardening and the care of pets. All-in-all, a very practical and informative tomeℓfor the 19th-century domestic goddess.ℓ |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Home economics -- United States.
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Housekeeping -- United States.
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Home -- United States.
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Families -- United States.
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Women -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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| Genre/Form |
Manuals (Handbooks) -- 19th century -- Women authors.
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Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
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Wood engravings -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.
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| Added Title |
Principles of domestic science : being a guide to the formation and maintenance of economical, healthful, beautiful, and Christian homes |
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