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Original Essays | June 11, 2013

Sandi Doughton: IMG Preparing for the Next Megaquake

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More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave

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This book has a dual focus. As its title is meant to suggest, it is a history not just of housework but also of the tools with which that work is done: household technology. Human beings are tool-using animals; indeed, some anthropologists believe that, along with speech,, the ability to use and to refine our tools is precisely what sets us apart from other species of primates.
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Ruth Schwartz Cowan is associate professor of history at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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ISBN:
9780465047321
Author:
Cowan, Ruth Schwartz
Publisher:
Basic Books (AZ)
Subject:
General
Subject:
Home economics
Subject:
Women's Studies
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Housewives
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United states
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History
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Child Care and Parenting-General
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Trade Paper
Publication Date:
19850331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
9 x 6 in 14 oz
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