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Author Palmer, Phyllis M.

Title Domesticity and dirt : housewives and domestic servants in the united states 1920-1945 / Phyllis Palmer.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1989.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Women in the political economy
Women in the political economy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-206) and index.
Contents Domestic work between the wars -- The housewife in a modern marriage -- The businessman's wife at work -- The domestic does her job -- Education for the vocation of housework -- Negotiating the law of service -- Dirt and divisions among women.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Household employees -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Household employees.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Housewives -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Housewives.
Home economics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Home economics.
Sexual division of labor -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Sexual division of labor.
Social conflict -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Social conflict.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Indexed Term Includes index.
"Multi-User"
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Palmer, Phyllis M. Domesticity and dirt. [S.l.] : Temple Univ Press, [1990] 0877229015 (OCoLC)232129426
ISBN 9781439905548 (electronic book)
1439905541 (electronic book)
9780877225850 (electronic book)
0877225850 (electronic book)
9781439918135 (electronic book)
1439918139 (electronic book)
0877229015
9780877229018
0877225850 (alkaline paper)