Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "examines the development and history of the first American appliance, the cast-iron stove, which sparked debates on the role of women, industrialization, the definition of social class, and the development of a consumer economy." Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. xix, 338 pp. ISBN: 0-815606508.