Creating consumers:home economists in twentieth-century America
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University of North Carolina Press,
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Publisher Address: | Chapel Hill |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xi, 412 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780807835531 (hardback) 0807835536 (hardback) |
Index Number: | F063 |
CLC: | F063.4 |
Call Number: | F063.4/G624 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. "Home economics emerged at the turn of the twentieth century as a movement to train women to be more efficient household managers. At the same moment, American families began to consume many more goods and services than they produced ... |