Isbn: 9780282024666 - hand book of practical receipts: or useful hints in every day life (classic reprint) (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book, a concise and accessible guidebook for 19th-century homemakers, offers an assortment of home remedies and household tips in addition to a collection of recipes. The text serves as a window into domestic life as experienced by middle-class Americans in the decades leading up to the Civil War. Along with instructions for performing practical tasks like preserving food and cleaning clothes, the author shares advice on health and childcare, revealing widely held beliefs about medicine and family life in the period. The book is unique in its presentation of such a wide range of practical advice for 19th-century American women. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…