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• catalog abstract "In this portrayal of home life in New England from the years preceding the American Revolution to the eve of the Civil War, Jane Nylander explores both everyday realities and the myths that have obscured them. She shows how, thanks to the nineteenth century's literary, historical, antiquarian, and art movements - from the romantic visions of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Harriet Beecher Stowe through the paintings of Frank Henry Shapleigh and the carefully staged photographs of Wallace Nutting - the New England family home was idealized as warm, welcoming, comfortable, unchanging, and self-sufficient, and became representative, around the world, of the American domestic scene. The thump of the churn and the whir of the spinning wheel were seen as the heartbeats of a daily life that was perpetually "colonial" and "rural." For the most part, the growing reality of mill towns and burgeoning cities was ignored. Using early records, surviving objects, and recent research, Nylander examines the prevailing assumptions about early New England, identifies the degree to which they were justified, describes gender roles, defines the complex nature of household and neighborhood economics, and suggests what part of the idealized image was actually true. She focuses on the rhythms of life and the changes in domestic spaces and practices which occurred in response to factors as diverse as prosperity and poverty, changing family size and advancing age, severity of season, community ritual, economic and kinship networks, and the impact of the industrial revolution. Because this book is centered in the home, its primary characters are women and its primary sources the writings of such diarists as Sarah Snell Bryant, a doctor's wife; Elizabeth Porter Phelps, daughter and wife of prosperous farmers; and Ruth Henshaw Bascom, married to a minister. Here are the intimate details of their household work and management, their social life and celebrations, their contributions to the household economy, and their care for family and community. Through them Jane Nylander opens the doors of their houses and reveals the complex reality that was everyday life in old New England.".
• catalog contributor b4174169.
• catalog coverage "New England Social life and customs Pictorial works.".
• catalog coverage "New England Social life and customs.".
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description "Because this book is centered in the home, its primary characters are women and its primary sources the writings of such diarists as Sarah Snell Bryant, a doctor's wife; Elizabeth Porter Phelps, daughter and wife of prosperous farmers; and Ruth Henshaw Bascom, married to a minister. Here are the intimate details of their household work and management, their social life and celebrations, their contributions to the household economy, and their care for family and community.".
• catalog description "In this portrayal of home life in New England from the years preceding the American Revolution to the eve of the Civil War, Jane Nylander explores both everyday realities and the myths that have obscured them.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-310) and index.".
• catalog description "Preface: Great Neatness and Convenience -- I. Introduction: Glimpses of the New England Home -- II. Our Great Family -- III. Going to Housekeeping -- IV. Frosty Mornings and Stinging Fingers: The Effects of Winter -- V. Clean, Bright, and Comfortable: Dimensions of Housework -- VI. Clean and Decent: A Family's Clothing -- VII. Toward Our Mutual Support -- VIII. A Comfortable Sufficiency: Food and the New England Kitchen -- IX. The Pleasure of Our Friends and Neighbors -- X. The One Day Above All Others: New England Thanksgiving.".
• catalog description "She focuses on the rhythms of life and the changes in domestic spaces and practices which occurred in response to factors as diverse as prosperity and poverty, changing family size and advancing age, severity of season, community ritual, economic and kinship networks, and the impact of the industrial revolution.".
• catalog description "She shows how, thanks to the nineteenth century's literary, historical, antiquarian, and art movements - from the romantic visions of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Harriet Beecher Stowe through the paintings of Frank Henry Shapleigh and the carefully staged photographs of Wallace Nutting - the New England family home was idealized as warm, welcoming, comfortable, unchanging, and self-sufficient, and became representative, around the world, of the American domestic scene.".
• catalog description "The thump of the churn and the whir of the spinning wheel were seen as the heartbeats of a daily life that was perpetually "colonial" and "rural." For the most part, the growing reality of mill towns and burgeoning cities was ignored.".
• catalog description "Through them Jane Nylander opens the doors of their houses and reveals the complex reality that was everyday life in old New England.".
• catalog description "Using early records, surviving objects, and recent research, Nylander examines the prevailing assumptions about early New England, identifies the degree to which they were justified, describes gender roles, defines the complex nature of household and neighborhood economics, and suggests what part of the idealized image was actually true.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 317 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Our own snug fireside.".
• catalog identifier "0394549848 :c$30.00 ($39.00 Can.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Our own snug fireside.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
• catalog relation "Our own snug fireside.".
• catalog spatial "New England Social life and customs Pictorial works.".
• catalog spatial "New England Social life and customs.".
• catalog spatial "New England".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "974/.03 20".
• catalog subject "F8 .N95 1993".
• catalog subject "Home New England History Pictorial works.".
• catalog subject "Home New England History.".
• catalog subject "Home New England Pictorial works.".
• catalog subject "Households United States Social life and customs History 18th century.".
• catalog subject "Households United States Social life and customs History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Illustrated books New England Social life and customs.".
• catalog subject "Material culture United States History.".
• catalog subject "Sex roles.".
• catalog subject "Women United States Social life and customs History 19th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface: Great Neatness and Convenience -- I. Introduction: Glimpses of the New England Home -- II. Our Great Family -- III. Going to Housekeeping -- IV. Frosty Mornings and Stinging Fingers: The Effects of Winter -- V. Clean, Bright, and Comfortable: Dimensions of Housework -- VI. Clean and Decent: A Family's Clothing -- VII. Toward Our Mutual Support -- VIII. A Comfortable Sufficiency: Food and the New England Kitchen -- IX. The Pleasure of Our Friends and Neighbors -- X. The One Day Above All Others: New England Thanksgiving.".
• catalog title "Our own snug fireside : images of the New England home, 1760-1860 / Jane C. Nylander.".
• catalog type "text".