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Household accounts : working-class family economies in the interwar United States / Susan Porter Benson ; afterword by David Montgomery.

Author: Benson, Susan Porter, 1943-2005.

Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

Descriptionxiii, 233 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:"Living on the margin" : working-class marriages and family survival strategies -- "Cooperative conflict" : gender, generation, and consumption in working-class families -- The mutuality of shared spaces -- What goes 'round, comes 'round : working-class reciprocity -- The family economy in the marketplace.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-227) and index.



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Benson, Susan Porter, 1943-2005.
Subject:
Households -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Families -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Working class -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.