9780754644729, 0754644723, 0754644723 (alk. paper), and 9780754644729 (alk. paper)
Description:
xii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliographic Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index
Contents:
Introduction : making homes and worlds : marriage and consumption from 1945 to today -- Objects of approval -- China and pyrex : the practices of preservation -- Accounting for change : forgotten, neglected, and altered objects -- The list : domesticity, conformity, and class -- Methods : mass-observation -- Afterword : unmarried households