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.
List of Illustrations and Tables
ix
Preface and Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
Chapter One The Life of the Mind
1
(26)
Chapter Two A Necessary Nuisance: Sartorial Concerns
27
(24)
Chapter Three Dainties in the Larder
51
(22)
Chapter Four I Never Objected to Entertaining Men
73
(24)
Chapter Five Household Gods: the Essentials of Home Life
97
(26)
Chapter Six Taps
123
(6)
Appendix One
129
(16)
Appendix Two
145
(4)
Notes
149
(20)
Bibliography
169
(6)
Index
175
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