House and Home (1988)

The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Proceedings from 1988. 

Essays on domestic life and work in the American Northeast before 1870. Dowry practices, household management, housekeeping and kitchen work, women’s work, the role of domestic servants, shared households, and home industries. Selected bibliography on aspects of the house and home before 1870. 136 pp. Illustrations, tables.  Click here to view Table of Contents.