At home
Subtitle: the American family, 1750-1870
By: Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett.
Publisher: H.N. Abrams
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: Home economics -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Home economics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Dwellings -- United States -- History -- 18th century.; Dwellings -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Family -- United States -- Folklore.
Description: Gives a picture of middle-class American home life between 1750 and 1870. Based on 18th and 19th century diaries, letters, household manuals, and novels, with reproductions of contemporary paintings and prints.
Notes: Includes index.

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