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Creating Consumers : Home Economists in Twentieth-Century America /

Home economics emerged at the turn of the twentieth century as a movement to train women to be more efficient household managers. At the same moment, American families began to consume many more goods and services than they produced. To guide women in this transition, professional home economists ha...

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Autor principal: Goldstein, Carolyn M., 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Envisioning the Rational Consumer, 1900-1920; 2. Creating a Science of Consumption at the Bureau of Home Economics, 1920-1940; 3. Reforming the Marketplace at the Bureau of Home Economics, 1923-1940; 4. Selling Home Economics: The Professional Ideals of Businesswomen, 1920-1940; 5. Product Testing, Development, and Promotion: Corporate Investment in Home Economics, 1920-1940; 6. From Service to Sales: Utility Home Service Departments, 1920-1940; 7. Mediation Marginalized: Home Economics in Government and Business, 1940-1970.
  • 8. Identity Crisis and Confusion: Home Economics and Social Change, 1950-1975Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.