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How The Workingclass Home Became Modern, 19001940 (Architecture, Landscape And Amer Culture),Used
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The transformation of average Americans domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homesAt 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 workingclass home was fast becoming moderna fact largely missing from the story of domestic innovation and improvement in twentiethcentury America, where such benefits seem to count primarily among the upper classes and the postWorld War II denizens of suburbia. Examining the physical evidence of Americas workingclass houses, Thomas C. Hubka revises our understanding of how widespread domestic improvement transformed the lives of Americans in the modern era. His work, focused on the broad central portion of the housing population, recalibrates longstanding ideas about the nature and development of the middle class and its new measure of improvement, standards of living.In How the WorkingClass Home Became Modern, 19001940, Hubka analyzes a period when millions of average Americans saw accelerated improvement in their housing and domestic conditions. These improvements were intertwined with the acquisition of entirely new mechanical conveniences, new types of rooms and patterns of domestic life, and such innovationsfrom public utilities and kitchen appliances to remodeled and multiunit housingare at the center of the story Hubka tells. It is a narrative, amply illustrated and finely detailed, that traces changes in household hygiene, sociability, and privacy practices that launched large portions of the working classes into the middle classand that, in Hubkas telling, reconfigures and enriches the standard account of the domestic transformation of the American home.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main focus of 'How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900–1940'? A: The book examines the transformation of domestic lives for average Americans from 1900 to 1940, highlighting mechanical innovations and improvements in their homes.
- Q: Who is the author of the book? A: The author of the book is Thomas C. Hubka.
- Q: What significant changes in housing does the book discuss? A: The book discusses changes such as the introduction of electric lights, dining rooms, and indoor bathrooms, which were pivotal in modernizing working-class homes.
- Q: How does the book contribute to our understanding of the middle class? A: Hubka's work recalibrates the understanding of the middle class by revealing how widespread domestic improvements affected the standards of living among the working class.
- Q: What type of evidence does the author use in the book? A: The author analyzes physical evidence from working-class houses to illustrate the transformations in housing and domestic conditions.
- Q: How many pages does the book contain? A: The book contains 320 pages.
- Q: When was 'How the Working-Class Home Became Modern' published? A: The book was published on December 8, 2020.
- Q: What is the binding type of the book? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: What themes are explored in the book? A: The book explores themes of household hygiene, sociability, privacy practices, and the impact of mechanical conveniences on domestic life.
- Q: Is this book suitable for readers interested in American history? A: Yes, the book is suitable for readers interested in American history, especially in the context of domestic life and the evolution of housing for the working class.