PART THREE: Was That an Angel in the House?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. Introduction: The Trouble with Families 3
6. PART ONE: The Political Theater of Domesticity 19
7. PART TWO: Beneath the Banner of Home 63
8. PART THREE: Was That an Angel in the House? 103
9. PART FOUR: The Architecture of Comfort and Ruin 141
10. PART FIVE: The Sensations of Respectability 179
11. EPILOGUE: Between Manual and Spectacle 215
12. Notes 221
13. Index 247