Flora Annie Steel, Grace Gardiner

Broschiertes Buch

The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook

Beschreibung

In The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook (1888), Flora Annie Steel and her co-author Grace Gardiner give practical and highly opinionated advice to young memsahibs in India. Covering all aspects of household management from the duties of servants to recipes, the manual sheds fascinating light on the entire imperial experience.

Autor

Both authors were married to members of the Indian Civil Service and lived and travelled in India with their families for more than two decades. The senior partner, Flora Annie Steel took a strong interest in Indian life, learned to speak, read, and write Punjabi and committed to improving the lives of the local native women. She helped to establish schools and served on the Provincial Education Board. She also wrote stories for children and novels including her best-known novel on the Indian Mutiny, On the Face of the Waters.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9780199605767
• ISBN-10: 0199605769
• Artikelnr.: 33690385