Our own snug fireside : images of the New England home, 1760-1860

Author

Nylander, Jane C.

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill.; bibliogr.; index ; xiv, 317 p. ; 1993

ISBN

0-394-54984-8

Publisher

A.A. Knopf, usa) / Dist. by Random House, usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Using early records, surviving objects and recent research, Nylander examines the prevailing assumptions about the home in early New England, identifies the degree to which they were justified, describes gender roles, defines the complex nature of household and neighborhood economics, and suggests what part of the idealized image was actually true. She focuses on the rhythms of life and the changes in domestic spaces and practices which occurred in response to factors as diverse as prosperity and poverty, changing family size and advancing age, severity of season, community ritual, economic and kinship networks, and the impact of the industrial revolution.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• Daily life
• United States
• 1700-1900
• New England (USA)
• Houses
• Furnishings
• Society

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• Vie quotidienne
• Etats-Unis
• 1700-1900
• New England (USA)
• Maison
• Ameublement
• Société

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348467

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