How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940

by Thomas C. Hubka

Book Overview

The transformation of average Americans' domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes

At the turn of the nineteenth century, the average American family still lived by kerosene light, ate in the kitchen, and used an outhouse. By 1940, electric lights, dining rooms, and bathrooms were the norm as the traditional working-class home was fast becoming modern--a fact largely missing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816693013
• ISBN13: 9780816693016
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"