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Household Engineering: Scientific Management in the Home
Excerpt from Household Engineering
Things were dragging on in this unsatisfactory way and I was becoming more and more discouraged with what seemed my lack of ability to manage my household prob lem. Occasionally I was so depressed as to wish that I were not married and that I was back in my teaching harness where I did have a grip on things!
Things were dragging on in this unsatisfactory way and I was becoming more and more discouraged with what seemed my lack of ability to manage my household prob lem. Occasionally I was so depressed as to wish that I were not married and that I was back in my teaching harness where I did have a grip on things!
547 pages, Paperback
First published August 9, 2015
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November 8, 2017
This review refers to the original 1923 version which is a revised edition of her 1914 book The New Housekeeping: Efficiency Studies in Home Management.
On the one hand, it's a fascinating glimpse into life without electricity, and on the other, it's an early example of household ergonomics and human factors. It's a surprisingly practical guide to designing efficient work practices, processes, and layouts, and best of all, taking naps to help balance the hard physical labour housewives of the era endured.
On the one hand, it's a fascinating glimpse into life without electricity, and on the other, it's an early example of household ergonomics and human factors. It's a surprisingly practical guide to designing efficient work practices, processes, and layouts, and best of all, taking naps to help balance the hard physical labour housewives of the era endured.
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