From Fireplace to Cookstove

  • Hardcover
  • Syracuse University Press, 2000
By Brewer, Priscilla J.
Syracuse University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Maroon cloth covered boards. Fine, in fine dust wrapper. 338 pages. Brewer examines the development and history of the first American appliance - the cast-iron stove. While exploring the shift from fireplaces to stoves for cooking and heating in American homes, Brewer sheds light on changing responses to technology.
Clean, crisp copy. Covered in protective mylar.



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