The Illustrated History of the Housewife, 1650-1950
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: July 2, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780312222482
Subjects: General; Sociology - Marriage & Family; Women's Studies - History; Social Science / Women's Studies; Women's Studies - General; History; History - General History; Textbooks; History: World
First sentence: Mrs Beeton was under no illusion as to what the job of housewife entailed: 'As with the Commander of an Army, or the leader of any enterprise, so is it with the mistress of a house.