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THE AGE OF HOMESPUN
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Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth -- Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of A Midwife's Tale
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
This is history. The story of daily life in colonial times in New England, of the creation of creature comforts, of domesticity, of the intricate changing interlacement of working men and women. This is not a "how-to" or a picture book. It is a storybook of the treasures that are ignored by the mass-produced culture that predominates today. Written by a Harvard history professor, it is not an academic tome, but more a collection of stories about different people, all in the grand context of the changes that were happening to every body at the dawn of the Industrial age. Read this book to get a fresh understanding of why, today, we eschew "ready-mades" and disposables, and why we love creating our own domestic art. Very solid scholarship and deep, fulfilling reading.
ISBN-13: 9780679766445
ISBN-10: 0679766448
Category: Historical & Ethnic Textile, Spinning
Cover: Softcover
Size: 6½'' X 9 ½''
