A Woman's Place
A Woman's Place

Author: Norton Juster

Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781555912505

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The period between the Civil War and the turn of the century was a time of great social upheaval in the United States. Lured by the promises of industrialization, much of the rural population moved to the cities, but those who remained in the countryside were isolated from the rapid changes in American society. Women found themselves torn between the battle for women's rights being hotly debated in the cities and the traditional role of homemaker, mother, and helper that was the norm in rural areas. In A Woman's Place, Norton Juster brings this turbulent period of American history to life using a broad sampling of articles, letters, poems, and essays taken from the popular literature of the time. While these publications recognized the hardship that characterized the lives of their readers, they upheld the idealized vision of the farmer's wife. It is this historical conflict between the independent woman and the traditional female role that makes A Woman's Place important reading today.

An Intimate Affair
An Intimate Affair

Author: Jill Fields

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007-07-02

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0520941136

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Intimate apparel, a term in use by 1921, has played a crucial role in the development of the "naughty but nice" feminine ideal that emerged in the twentieth century. Jill Fields's engaging, imaginative, and sophisticated history of twentieth-century lingerie tours the world of women's intimate apparel and arrives at nothing less than a sweeping view of twentieth-century women's history via the undergarments they wore. Illustrated throughout and drawing on a wealth of evidence from fashion magazines, trade periodicals, costume artifacts, Hollywood films, and the records of organized labor, An Intimate Affair is a provocative examination of the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the "fashion-industrial complex," and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet highly significant, intimate articles of clothing.

An Intimate Affair
An Intimate Affair

Author: Jill Fields

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780520223691

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Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex, ' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing.

1883 Etiquette and the Language of Flowers
1883 Etiquette and the Language of Flowers

Author: C. S. Friedman

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-30

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781737161981

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A beautiful reprint of Collier's instructions for etiquette, including the original illumination. Includes one of the most detailed "Flower of Language" lists ever published. A great item for historians, novelists, re-enactors, and anyone with interested in 19th century society