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Remaking Home Economics : Resourcefulness and Innovation in Changing Times /

Nickols, Margarete Ordon, Linda Przybyszewski, Penny A. Ralston, Jane Schuchardt.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Nickols, Sharon Y. (Editor ), Kay, Gwen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. HOME ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND OUTREACH
  • 1. Knowledge, Mission, Practice: The Enduring Legacy of Home Economics
  • 2. Extending Knowledge, Changing Lives: Cooperative Extension Family and Consumer Sciences
  • 3. Home Economics in the Twentieth Century: A Case of Lost Identity?
  • II. ACHIEVING WELL-BEING THROUGH FOOD AND CLOTHING
  • 4. Our Own Food: From Canning Clubs to Community Gardens
  • 5. Weighing in About Weight: Advisory Power in the Bureau of Home Economics
  • 6. From the War on Hunger to the Fight Against Obesity
  • 7. How Home Economists Taught American Women to Dress, 1910-1950
  • 8. New Patterns for Women's Clothing: Consumption versus Sustainability
  • III. RACE AND GENDER IN HOME ECONOMICS CAREERS
  • 9. "It Was a Special Time": African American Deans of Home Economics in Predominantly White, Comprehensive Universities, 1987-2004
  • 10. "Cookin' with Gas": Home Economists in the Atlanta Natural Gas Industry, 1950-1995
  • 11. Science Matters: Home Economics and STEM Fields of Study
  • IV. HOME ECONOMICS IDENTITY AND CONTINUITY
  • 12. Changing Names, Keeping Identity
  • 13. Building a Legacy in Stone: Rocks in the Road
  • 14. Looking Around, Thinking Ahead
  • Suggested Readings and Resources
  • Contributors
  • Index
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  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
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  • I
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