From Fireplace to Cookstove

Technology and The Domestic Ideal in America

  • Hardcover
  • Syracuse University Press, 2000
By Brewer, Priscilla J.
Syracuse University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covered boards. Fine, in fnear ine dust wrapper. 338 pages. 24 x 16 cm. The auther examines the development and history of the first American appliance - the cast-iron stove. While exploring the shift from fireplaces to stoves for cooking and heating in American homes, Brewer sheds light on changing responses to technology. Clean, crisp copy. Covered in protective mylar.


Details

Title

From Fireplace to Cookstove

Author

Brewer, Priscilla J.

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Fine

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Date

2000


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