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Domestic goods : the material, the moral and the economic in the postwar years

Title: Domestic goods : the material, the moral and the economic in the postwar years / Joy Parr.
Author: Parr, Joy.
Publication: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999.

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Description

x, 368 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

Consumer goods > Canada > History > 20th century
Household appliances > Canada > History > 20th century
Furniture > Canada > History > 20th century
Electric household appliances industry > Canada > History
Furniture industry and trade > Canada > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Political Economy. 1. Domestic Goods in Wartime. 2. Envisioning a Modern Domesticity. 3. Gender, Keynes, and Reconstruction. 4. Consumer Sovereignty. 5. Borrowing to Buy -- Pt. 2. Design. 6. Inter/national Style. 7. Maple as Modern. 8. Domesticating Objects -- Pt. 3. Household Choices. 9. Shopping for a Good Stove. 10. What Makes Washday Less Blue? 11. A Caution of Excess. App. 1. Households Equipped with Major Domestic Appliances -- App. 2. Interviews and Letters.

ISBN

0802040977 (bound) :
0802079474 (pbk.) :

LCCN

cn 99930385

OCLC

43615954
ocm43615954

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Columbia University Libraries