More Work For Mother: The Ironies Of Household Technology From The Open Hearth To The Microwave
From the open hearth to the microwave, More Work For Mother examines the history of household technology and the surprising effects of domestic innovation. Ruth Schwartz Cowan explores how changes intended to make household work easier can also reshape, redistribute, or increase the labor required to run a home.
About This Book
More Work For Mother explores the history of household technology and its relationship to domestic labor.
Ruth Schwartz Cowan traces changes from the open hearth to the microwave, placing familiar household innovations in a broader historical context.
The book focuses on the ironies that can accompany technological progress in the home.
It offers a study of how household tools and systems affect the work associated with maintaining a household.
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