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The consumer culture and the American home, 1890-1930 : edited proceedings from the second annual McFaddin-Ward House Museum Conference / edited by Glenda Dyer and Martha Reed

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Author:
McFaddin-Ward House Museum Conference (2nd : 1988 : Beaumont, Tex.)  Search this
Dyer, Glenda  Search this
Reed, Martha  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 98 p. ; 28 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
C1989
Notes:
Held Oct. 27-29, 1988, Beaumont, Texas.
Contents:
Consumer culture and intellectual life in America, by Harvey Green--World's Fairs go to the home, by Robert W. Rydell--Coaxing the consumer: giveaways and gimmicks, 1890-1930, by Deborah A. Smith--"The Adamless Eden": the world of the department store, by Susan Porter Benson--Country stores, country fairs, and mail order catalogs: consumerism in rural America, by Thomas J. Schlereth--Sears in Texas: 1906-1913, by Patrick H. Butler III--The McFaddins and their consuming passion, by Jessica H. Foy--Mail-order architecture: plan books and American house design, by Margaret Culbertson--Post-Victorian Texas houses, by Peter Flagg Maxson--The decoration of houses: Prescriptive literature and interior decoration, by Gail Caskey Winkler--Chasing the gospel of physical fitness: clean living and American consumer culture, by Harvey Green--In honor of the conspicuous consumer: late nineteenth-century American presentation silver, by Katharine S. Howe
Topic:
Consumer behavior--History  Search this
House furnishings--History  Search this
Popular culture--History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
HF5415.33.U6M38 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_443014