The American home
Subtitle: material culture, domestic space, and family life
By: edited by Eleanor McD. Thompson.
Contributors: Thompson, Eleanor McD.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Distributed by University Press of New England
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Winterthur, DE; Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Aladdin Company.; Prefabricated houses -- United States.; Bungalows -- United States.
Description: First presented at the 1992 Winterthur Conference of the same name, the fifteen essays herein explore the material culture, history, and essence of the American house and home. The essays span the period from the mid seventeenth to the early twentieth century and address a variety of topics.

Invaluable commentary from a presidential family, plantation masters and mistresses, a Puritan husband, a doctor's widow, servants, slaves, children, and many others offer a vivid picture of the true meaning of home life during the four-century period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.