Mistresses of the Transient Hearth: American Army Officers' Wives and Material Culture, 1840-1880

by Robin D. Campbell

Overview

This book explores the ways in which mid-19th Century American army officers' wives used material culture to confirm their status as middle-class women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415973601
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/26/2005
Series:	Studies in American Popular History and Culture
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables — Preface and Acknowledgments — Introduction — Chapter One — The Life of the Mind — Chapter Two — A Necessary Nuisance: Sartorial Concerns — Chapter Three — Dainties in the Larder — Chapter Four — I Never Objected to Entertaining Men — Chapter Five — Household Gods: the Essentials of Home Life — Chapter Six — Taps — Appendix One — Appendix Two — Notes — Bibliography — Index.