The New Housekeeper's Manual.

ISBN:

9781449428563

Title:

Author:

Beecher, Catharine Esther.

Personal Author:

Beecher, Catharine Esther.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Series:

American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection

Contents:

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- PART I. -- I. THE DUTIES OF WOMEN'S PROFESSION. -- II. A CHRISTIAN HOUSE. -- III. A HEALTHFUL HOME. -- IV. SCIENTIFIC DOMESTIC VENTILATION. -- V. THE CONSTRUCTION AND CARE OF STOVES, FURNACES, AND CHIMNEYS. -- VI. HOME DECORATION. -- VII. THE CARE OF HEALTH. -- VIII. DOMESTIC EXERCISE. -- IX. HEALTHFUL FOOD. -- X. HEALTHFUL DRINKS. -- XI. CLEANLINESS. -- XII. CLOTHING. -- XIII. GOOD COOKING. -- XIV. EARLY RISING. -- XV. DOMESTIC MANNERS. -- XVI. THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD TEMPER IN THE HOUSEKEEPER. -- XVII. HABITS OF SYSTEM AND ORDER. -- XVIII. GIVING IN CHARITY. -- XIX. ECONOMY OF TIME AND EXPENSES. -- XX. HEALTH OF MIND. -- XXI. THE CARE OF INFANTS. -- XXII. THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN. -- XXIII. DOMESTIC AMUSEMENTS AND SOCIAL DUTIES. -- XXIV. CARE OF THE AGED. -- XXV. THE CARE OF SERVANTS. -- XXVI. CARE OF THE SICK. -- XXVII. ACCIDENTS AND ANTIDOTES. -- XXVIII. SEWING, CUTTING, AND MENDING. -- XXIX. FIRES AND LIGHTS. -- XXX. THE CARE OF ROOMS. -- XXXI. THE CARE OF YARDS AND GARDENS. -- XXXII. THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS. -- XXXIII. THE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT. -- XXXIV. THE CARE OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS. -- XXXV. EARTH-CLOSETS. -- XXXVI. WARMING AND VENTILATION. -- PART II. -- I. HEALTH, ECONOMY, AND PLEASURE, IN FOOD. -- II. MARKETING AND THE CARE OF MEATS. -- III. STEWS AND SOUPS. -- IV. SOUPS. -- V. HASHES. -- VI. BOILED MEATS. -- VII. ROAST AND BAKED MEATS. -- VIII. BROILED AND FRIED MEATS AND RELISHES. -- IX. PICKLES. -- X. SAUCES AND SALADS. -- XI. FISH. -- XII. VEGETABLES. -- XIII. FAMILY BREAD. -- XIV. BREAKFAST AND SUPPER. -- XV. PUDDINGS AND PIES. -- XVI. CAKE. -- XVII. PRESERVES AND JELLIES. -- XVIII. DESSERTS AND EVENING PARTIES. -- XIX. DRINKS AND ARTICLES FOR THE SICK AND YOUNG CHILDREN. -- XX. THE PROVIDING AND CARE OF FAMILY STORES.

XXI. ON SETTING TABLES, AND PREPARING VARIOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD FOR THE TABLE. -- XXII. WASHING, IRONING, AND CLEANSING. -- XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS ADVICE AND RECIPES. -- XXIV. CARE OF THE AGED. -- XXV. THE LAWS OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. -- Appendix -- Index -- References.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Cooking, American.

Added Author:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2013

Publication Information:

Cork :

Andrews McMeel,

2013.

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Summary

Published in 1873 in New York, The New Housekeeper's Manual was written by Catharine Esther Beecher and her sister Harriet Beecher Stowe, two of the most influential women writers and activists of their time. Both women exerted profound influence on American letters and on the shape of American domestic life and educational reform. The book combines two works by the sisters in one volume. The American Woman's Home: Or Principles of Domestic Science describes kitchen and home design, coping with kitchen appliances and newly invented gadgets, cooking healthful food and drink, caring for the sick with medical recipes, and gardening with plants and domestic animals. The Handy Cook-Book is a "complete, condensed guide to wholesome, economical, and delicious cooking with nearly 500 choice and tested recipes." The authors assert that their extensive manual was designed specifically for middle-class housewives, versus others written for women with money and servants. It includes housekeeping information and dishes for every occasion that the practical-minded housewife might need. The New Housekeeper's Manual was well received and had over 25 printings in 25 years. This edition of The New Housekeeper's Manual was reproduced by permission from the volume in the collection of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1812 by Isaiah Thomas, a Revolutionary War patriot and successful printer and publisher, the Society is a research library documenting the life of Americans from the colonial era through 1876. The Society collects, preserves, and makes available as complete a record as possible of the printed materials from the early American experience. The cookbook collection includes approximately 1,100 volumes

Author Notes

Catharine Esther Beecher was one of the most influential social reformers of her time, and she practically invented the science of home economics. Beecher did not support women's suffrage, believing that a woman's domain was home and duty to family and that through this work, as opposed to active political involvement, women could influence society with feminine values. She actively promoted education, specifically for women, as well as home economics for housewives. Beecher was a prolific writer and among other works wrote Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-Book , and with her sister Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman's Home . Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and author, a national celebrity in her day. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin depicted life under slavery for African Americans, using the powerful symbols of home and kitchen to expose the immorality of slavery. The novel reached millions as a novel and play, influencing the abolitionist cause in America and Britain and energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North while provoking widespread anger in the South. She wrote more than 20 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. Although Stowe agreed with her sister on the role of education for women and the worth and dignity of women's labor, she disagreed with Catharine on the extent to which women should engage in politics, and she approved of women's suffrage.