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Housekeeping is becoming and a matter of science, and the laurels are bound to fall to the woman who conducts her household in a business like way Let the thrifty sensibility of yesteryear be your guide as you shop for the most economical foods, choose wall colors scientifically, clean with natural products, look your best without breaking the bank, and budget your way to frugal efficiency In this amazing collection of clever wisdom and practical advice drawn from vintage home economics textbooks, you ll find everything you need to get back to basics and run a healthy and happy household Home Economics covers all the categories of delightful domesticity Health Hygiene Cookery Recipes Manners Etiquette Design Decoration Cleaning Safety Gardening Crafts Rediscover the art and science of keeping house economically New Download Home Economics [ by ] Jennifer McKnight-Trontz [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I found this book very intellectually dishonest while the author is listed as a compiler of out of copyright wisdom from old home making texts, complete sentences were lifted wholesale without attribution other than the bibliography at the end I recognized some of the choicest quotes from The American Frugal Housewife Dedicated to Those Wh...Enjoying this little read and a good reference book Favorites so far It shows proper place table settings for breakfast lunch and dinner and it has a section on the art of making friends the happy way of doing things for tips and etiquette Very cute.A great lil tome called, Home Economics Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st Century Household It opens up right to a book plate You never see that any Wait you do know what a bookplate is don t you You know, that lil place where it says, This book belongs to _____________ Remember as a child how proud you felt to write your name in there Often I would have a Christmas present with my grandmothers beautiful handwriting inside There she ...I thought the concept of those book was intriguing, to take vintage advice from books on housekeeping, etc and synthesize the tid bits into still useful info for today s homemaker , but the execution was not very well done I have read a lot of modern home organizing books and found the information that the autho...A classic hope chest kind of book for the housewife to be or the homeschooled daughter who could use a concise introduction to the lost art of domesticity I ll be saving this one for my little girl in the coming years The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments so nothing is lost This applies to both materials and time p 9 My favorite bits were on setting up a routine, reusing scraps of fabric, the science of folding laundry, 10 recipes for natural A classic hope chest kind of book for the housewife to be or the homeschooled daughter who could use a concise introduction to the lost art of domesticity I ll be saving this one for my little girl in the coming years The true economy of housekeeping is simply the art of gathering up all the fragments so nothing is lost This applies to both materials and time p 9 My favorite bits were on s...A cute little book odds and ends from Home Ec textbooks from the 20s through the 40s, with happy illustrations.I am such a sucker for this sort of thing, especially when I pick up a useful tip or two.The introduction is snappy, but the tips, although helpful, are also super dry.This book is not your average book, but is rather a concise compilation of vintage homemaking advice which the author considers relevant and still applicable to the modern era I have to agree, too It is truly wonderful read with a uniquely vintage appeal.It is an immense read, for starters much longer than the average books of the actual eras it is compiled from and it is compiled from many When I first picked it up, I did what I always do and skim read it to see what it contained Now I h This book is not your average book, but is rather a concise compilation of vintage homemaking advice which the author considers relevant and still applicable to the modern era I have to agree, too It is truly wonderful read with a uniquely vintage appeal.It is an immense read, for starters much longer than the average books of the actual eras it is compiled from and it is compiled from many When I first picked it up, I did what I always do and skim read it to see what it contained Now I have been reading it every day during the half hour I wait at the school for the child I babysit each week and am nothan 26% of the way through it even after 3 weeks or so Still, at only 26% I feel it is wonderful enough to warrant an early review.There is a plethora ...So much wonderful information packed into this tiny volume If you ve ever wondered what homemaking is really about, and how to do it, this little book crams in a whole lot of information in a small, fun to read volume As stated by the author, the book is a compendium of great advice from home economic texts from the pre WWII period Instruction and advice on Everything from buying a home to purchasing cuts of meat organizing your personal space to entertaining A great little reference for an So much wonderful information packed into this tiny volume If you ve ever wondered what homemaking is really about, and how to do it, this little book crams in a whole lot of information in a small, fun to read volume As stated by the author, the book is a compendium of great advice from home economic texts from the pre WWII peri...Without judgement or bias, I found this cute little book to be a very good resource for any unfamiliar with the basics of adult living, and a good refresher for those of us that know most of the information presented ...

Home Economics
  • English
  • 07 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 176 pages
  • 1594744610
  • Jennifer McKnight-Trontz
  • Home Economics