The Ahern home of Texarkana /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Doris Douglas, 1946- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Project Muse
Other Authors:	Cutrer, Thomas W. (writer of foreword.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2024]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Red River Valley books.
Subjects:	Ahern, Patrick Joseph, > 1861-1932 > Homes and haunts > Arkansas > Texarkana. Mansions > Arkansas > Texarkana > History > 20th century. Owner-built houses > Arkansas > Texarkana > History > 20th century. Housing, Single family > Arkansas > Texarkana > History > 20th century. Architecture, Classical > Conservation and restoration > Arkansas > Texarkana. Material culture > Arkansas > Texarkana. Texarkana (Ark.) > Buildings, structures, etc. Texarkana (Ark.) > Social life and customs > 20th century. ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General. ARCHITECTURE / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Foreword / Thomas W. Cutrer
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Legacy of Patrick Joseph Ahern and Mary Olive Lansdale
Domestics in the Ahern Home
The Architecture of the Ahern Home
The Aherns' World of Print Culture and the Turn-of-the-Century Home Library
Searching for the Fashionable in Early Texarkana: Women's Clothing in Public and Private Spaces
The Music Room: A Space for Family and Song
The Nature of Privacy: Bedrooms and Beyond
Dining in Early Twentieth-Century Arkansas: From Garden to Kitchen
Conclusion
Appendix: Ahern House Floor Plan and Ahern-Lansdale Family Tree
Notes
Sources.