Domestic Goods

by Joy Parr

Visions of life in the 1950s often spring from the United States: supermarkets, freeways, huge gleaming cars, bright new appliances, automated households. Historian Joy Parr looks beyond the generalizations about the indulgence of this era to find a specifically Canadian consumer culture. Focusing on the records left by consumer groups and manufacturers, and relying on interviews and letters from many Canadian women who had set up household in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802079474
• ISBN13: 9780802079473
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"