A TREATISE on DOMESTIC ECONOMY, for the use of YOUNG LADIES AT HOME, and AT SCHOOL

Beecher, Miss Catharine E.

Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Boston, 1852

About this Item

369 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Catherine Beecher was the eldest daughter of the prominent Beecher family, the daughter of Lyman Beecher and the sister of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her major work, A Treatise on Domestic Economy, first published in 1841, went through 15 editions and was the first American work to address all facets of domestic life. The book helped standardize domestic practices and reinforce domestic values, while Beecher argued that a woman's proper sphere was the home, where she could exert a powerful influence on American society. Interior lightly foxed, hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed, chipped, especially at spine. From the culinary collection of Carl G. Sontheimer, the man who revolutionized American cooking by bringing the Cuisinart to the United States. Bookplate states: This book is a gift from THE SONTHEIMER FOUNDATION Greenwich, Connecticut. [BITTING 32] (earlier edition).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A TREATISE on DOMESTIC ECONOMY, for the use of YOUNG LADIES AT HOME, and AT SCHOOL
• Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Boston
• Publication Date: 1852
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Revised Edition.
• Condition: Green embossed boards. Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • FOOD AND DRINK::COOKING::METHODS
  • CULTURE::HOME AND FAMILY
  • FOOD AND DRINK::BEVERAGES
  • ERA::19TH CENTURY::1850-1874
  • LABOR::GENDERED LABOR::DOMESTIC SCIENCE