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Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household
“Housekeeping is becoming more and more a matter of science, and the laurels are bound to fall to the woman who conducts her household in a business-like way.”
Let the thrifty sensibility of yesteryear be your guide as you shop for the most economical foods, choose wall colors scientifically, clean with natural products, look your best without breaking the bank, and budg...more
Let the thrifty sensibility of yesteryear be your guide as you shop for the most economical foods, choose wall colors scientifically, clean with natural products, look your best without breaking the bank, and budg...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
July 1st 2010
by Quirk Books
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A classic hope-chest-kind-of-book for the housewife-to-be or the homeschooled daughter who could use a concise introduction to the lost art of domesticity. I'll be saving this one for my little girl in the coming years.
"The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments so nothing is lost. This applies to both materials and time (p. 9)."
My favorite bits were on setting up a routine, reusing scraps of fabric, the science of folding laundry, 10 recipes for natural...more
"The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments so nothing is lost. This applies to both materials and time (p. 9)."
My favorite bits were on setting up a routine, reusing scraps of fabric, the science of folding laundry, 10 recipes for natural...more
A great lil tome called, Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household. It opens up right to a book plate. You never see that anymore. Wait you do know what a bookplate is don't you? You know, that lil place where it says, This book belongs to _____________. Remember as a child how proud you felt to write your name in there. Often I would have a Christmas present with my grandmothers beautiful handwriting inside. There she placed my name and the occasion tha...more
I found this book very intellectually dishonest -- while the author is listed as a "compiler" of out-of-copyright wisdom from old home making texts, complete sentences were lifted wholesale without attribution other than the bibliography at the end. I recognized some of the choicest quotes from The American Frugal Housewife Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy in this little book before I read the "disclaimer" at the end and I was (justifiably) annoyed.
With public domain books this...more
With public domain books this...more
I thought the concept of those book was intriguing, to take vintage advice from books on housekeeping, etc. and synthesize the tid bits into still-useful info for today's "homemaker", but the execution was not very well done. I have read a lot of modern home organizing books and found the information that the author chose to include in this book silly and redundant rather than being quaint and interesting. Do people really not know that eating fruits and vegetables or making a budget for your ho...more
Enjoying this little read and a good reference book. Favorites so far? It shows proper place/table settings for breakfast lunch and dinner and it has a section on "the art of making friends" & "the happy way of doing things" for tips and etiquette. Very cute. :)
A cute little book - odds and ends from Home Ec textbooks from the '20s through the '40s, with happy illustrations.
I am such a sucker for this sort of thing, especially when I pick up a useful tip or two.
I am such a sucker for this sort of thing, especially when I pick up a useful tip or two.
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This is a cute little book that offers helpful and fun advice for maintaining a clean, sanitary and happy home. It actually has some good ideas and illustrations. Loved the little tips in red sprinkled throughout the book.
I bought this book on impulse because of the cute cover. I actually read it and it is really useful for me a teenager in doing household chores.
What a wonderful little book. Taken from collected material from old home economic books, this book is not only practical but nostalgic and fun.
Good book. Timeless information.
What a wonderful little book!
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Everything we have been searching for and didn't know it. To think it was all figured out! Here we sit trying to reinvent the wheel! A handy, wonderful book that all peeps should keep on hand!
I liked this book so much I actually bought it. Probably more for the look of it than the content. I just want to cut it up it's so cute.
Very Good Book. So Many Tips (as mentioned in the title they are vintage)
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