A Textbook of Household Arts
Book Specification
| Item Code: | NAG057 |
| Author: | Stella Soundararaj |
| Publisher: | Orient Longman Pvt. Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2006 |
| ISBN: | 9788125009511 |
| Pages: | 381 (95 B/W Illustrations and 3 color Illustration) |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch |
| Weight | 370 gm |
Book Description
About the Book
This book, now in its fourth edition, brings to the reader, comprehensively and effectively, the various fields of Home Science. It focuses on the diverse aspects of homemaking. This updated edition deals more comprehensively with textiles and their care. While the purpose of the book is to serve as a text for teaching Home Science, it is an invaluable guide for those interested in the art of home-making.
About the Author
Stella SoundaraRaj has long and wide-ranging experience in the field of home science and nutrition. She has worked in various capacities in this area and was also Director of Collegiate Education, Madras-the first woman to be appointed to this post. She has conducted seminars, orientation programmes and workshops for teachers. The Krupskaya UNESCO award was given to the Directorate of Non-formal and Adult Education, Tamil Nadu in 1982, when she was the director. Dr SoundaraRaj has several papers on home science, education and allied subjects in leading journals and magazines, apar from three books including this one.
Foreword
This textbook on household arts by Smt. Stella Soundararaj comes at a time when the demand for such a study is on the increase. In other fields of knowledge such as industry, agriculture, science, economics, history, art and archaeology, India has made rapid strides since Independence; but in the art of keeping house, old methods hold us in bondage. No doubt conventions of the past were wise and valuable for those times; but the hourglass pours pours out hours, days, years and centuries, bringing in their wake radical changes and demanding a like change in all spheres of life. In this busy world of industry, the human being looks more and more for a happy and peaceful home, a quiet corner to which to retire and feel at peace. And what this book sets out to do is to show the housewife how to create such a lovely spot.
Home-making sounds simple enough, but its underlying principles are so forceful that a successful home-maker is bound to send out into the world people who are healthy and happy and prepared for all the vicissitudes of life. The author of this book has woven the ingredients of Home Science-plan of the house, beauty of the home, food and cookery. Child care, etc-into the art of home-making in such a fascinating way that it makes interesting reading not only to the student of home science or the housewife but also to the other partners of the home, the father and the children.
In conclusion, I commend to all this lucidly written book which brings into focus methods of making a success of the home, the institutions implies the progress of a nation and whose failure would mean the deterioration of a nation. May its reading and study help to create an atmosphere of love and joy in each home of this our beautiful land.
Preface
An important aspect of education is helping young people to form a scale of values. The Government of India and the state governments have recognized the value of the study of Home Science as a major subject of Higher Secondary schools and also colleges.
This book covers comprehensively and very effectively various aspects and diverse fields of Home Science. It has been updated and made suitable by incorporating new sections. Adequate illustrations, figures and informational tables have been supplied to make understanding easier and clearer. The test papers given at the end provide a tool for informative feedback and evaluation as well.
While the purpose of this book is to serve as a text for the Higher Secondary schools (both vocational and academic), it can also be used as reference in libraries, colleges and schools. Thus the book is both a text and a reference book and a valuable guide for anyone interested in household arts.
Contents
| Foreword | vii | |
| Preface | viii | |
| PART I HOME MAKING | ||
| 1 | The Home | 1 |
| The house and its surroundings | 1 | |
| plan of the house | 3 | |
| Allocation of space in the house | 5 | |
| Living and reception rooms | 6 | |
| Bedrooms | 7 | |
| Dining room | 8 | |
| Kitchen | 9 | |
| Types of stoves and ovens | 11 | |
| Types of fuel | 14 | |
| Storeroom | 22 | |
| Study | 24 | |
| Nursery | 24 | |
| Bathroom | 25 | |
| How to make the best use of a one-room apartment | 26 | |
| 2 | Interior Decoration | 27 |
| Importance of good taste | 27 | |
| Fundamentals of design | 28 | |
| Study of the colour chart | 34 | |
| Colour combinations | 37 | |
| Use of colour in the home | 40 | |
| Choice of suitable pictures | 41 | |
| Choice of curtains, cushions, etc. | 44 | |
| Other articles used for decorating the home | 46 | |
| Use of plants and flowers as decoration | 48 | |
| Selection of furniture | 54 | |
| Arrangement of furniture | 59 | |
| Suggested colour schemes for a home | ||
| Table: | ||
| Scheme I | 62 | |
| Scheme II | 63 | |
| Scheme III | 64 | |
| 3 | Colour Scheme in Dress | 65 |
| Colour combination | 65 | |
| Suggested colour schemes in dress | 69 | |
| 4 | Cleaniness and care of the Home | 70 |
| Daily cleaning | 71 | |
| Weekly cleaning | 73 | |
| Cleaniness of the surroundings | 76 | |
| 5 | Textile fibres and clothes | 78 |
| Fabric construction | 84 | |
| The basic weaves | 86 | |
| Textile finishes | 88 | |
| Methods of dying | 89 | |
| Classification of dyes | 89 | |
| Printing | 92 | |
| Care of linen | 93 | |
| Some general rules for stain removal | 95 | |
| Washing of cotton and silk | 97 | |
| Washing of wool | 102 | |
| Mending of clothes | 103 | |
| 6 | Common Household Pests | 109 |
| General rules for preventing the breeding of pests | 109 | |
| Mosquitoes | 110 | |
| Bed bugs | 112 | |
| Fleas | 113 | |
| Files | 113 | |
| Cockroaches | 114 | |
| Clothes moths | 115 | |
| Silver Fish | 116 | |
| Weevils | 116 | |
| White ants | 117 | |
| Termites | 117 | |
| PART II INCOME AND EXPENDITURE | ||
| 7 | The Meaning of Income and Expenditure | 123 |
| Household budget | 125 | |
| Chief buget items | 126 | |
| Thrift and savings | 129 | |
| Methods of Saving | 131 | |
| PART III PERSONAL HYGIENE | ||
| 8 | Importance of Personal Cleanliness | 141 |
| Clothing in relation to personal appearance | 144 | |
| Care of clothing | 146 | |
| Proper footwear | 148 | |
| PART IV FIRST AID AND HOME NURSING | ||
| 9 | First Aid | 153 |
| Trearment of wounds | 156 | |
| Shock | 158 | |
| Artifical respiration | 160 | |
| Sunstroke | 163 | |
| Poisons | 163 | |
| Fractures | 167 | |
| Sprains, burns and scalds | 169 | |
| 10 | Home Nursing | 172 |
| Choice and preparation of the sick room | 172 | |
| How to make a bed | 173 | |
| Changing sheets for a patient in bed | 175 | |
| Sponge bath | 176 | |
| The clinical thermometer | 177 | |
| Disinfectants | 178 | |
| Dry heat | 179 | |
| Moist heat | 179 | |
| How to disinfect a room | 181 | |
| PART V CHILD CARE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS | ||
| 11 | Child Care | 185 |
| Prenatal care | 185 | |
| Minor troubles of pregnancy | 186 | |
| Systematic care of children | 187 | |
| Food | 188 | |
| Food and infants | 188 | |
| Food for the pre-school child | 196 | |
| Food for school-going children | 197 | |
| Dress | 197 | |
| Baths | 200 | |
| Fresh air | 201 | |
| Play-games and toys for different age groups | 202 | |
| The age of exploration | 203 | |
| The age of discovery | 203 | |
| The age of imitation | 204 | |
| The age of make believe | 204 | |
| The age of achievement | 205 | |
| The age of group activity | 205 | |
| Recreational activities for children | 205 | |
| Sleep | 207 | |
| Needs of children | 209 | |
| Habit formation | 210 | |
| Minor ailments | 214 | |
| Immunization | 221 | |
| Needs of adolescents | 222 | |
| Duties of parents | 224 | |
| Family | 226 | |
| PART VI FOOD AND COOKERY | ||
| 12 | General Functions of food | 233 |
| Nutrinent groups of food classes | 233 | |
| Carbohydrates | 236 | |
| Fats | 239 | |
| Proteins | 240 | |
| Minerals | 246 | |
| Vitamins | 256 | |
| Fat soluble vitamins | 257 | |
| Water soluble vitamins | 262 | |
| Water | 267 | |
| Tables: | ||
| Vitamins at a galance(fat soluble) | 268 | |
| Vitamins at a galance(water soluble) | 269 | |
| Recommended dietary allowance for Indians | 271 | |
| 13 | The Basic Seven | 272 |
| Examples of a balanced diet consisting of the basic: seven | 272 | |
| food groups | 275 | |
| Tables: | ||
| The basic five food groups | 277 | |
| Balanced diets for children | 279 | |
| Balanced diets for adolescents | 280 | |
| Balanced diets for adult women | 281 | |
| Balanced diets for adult men | 282 | |
| 14 | A Study of Common Foodstuffs | 283 |
| Cereals | 283 | |
| Pulses | 285 | |
| Fruits | 285 | |
| Vegetables | 286 | |
| Flesh foods | 286 | |
| Milk | 288 | |
| Nuts | 289 | |
| Spices and condiments | 289 | |
| Beverages | 289 | |
| Ingredients in beverages | 290 | |
| Tables of food composition of: | ||
| Rice, wheat and ragi | 293 | |
| A few pulses | 294 | |
| A few vegetables | 295 | |
| Certain Nuts | 296 | |
| Some condiments and spices | 297 | |
| A few fruits | 298 | |
| Flesh foods | 299 | |
| Milk and milk products | 300 | |
| Fats and oils | 301 | |
| Miscellaneous foodstuff | 302 | |
| 15 | The Cooking of Food | 303 |
| Methods of cooking | 304 | |
| 16 | Essential Equipment and Utensils | 309 |
| Major kitchen equipment | 309 | |
| Minor kitchen equipment | 311 | |
| Dining room requirements | 315 | |
| Cost of kitchen equipment | 315 | |
| 17 | Cleaning of Utensils and Equipment | 318 |
| Cleaning materials and aids for cleaning | 318 | |
| Cleaning of equipment | 320 | |
| 18 | Purchasing and storing food in a Home | 322 |
| Purchasing food | 322 | |
| Storage of food | 323 | |
| 19 | Practical Cookery | 328 |
| Weights and measures | 328 | |
| Cooking for invalids | 330 | |
| Preparation of beverages | 333 | |
| Fruit juice | 334 | |
| Preparation of snacks | 334 | |
| Toffees | 336 | |
| Cooking a simple balanced meal | 337 | |
| Effect of supplementary foods on poor rice diet | 341 | |
| 20 | Preparing the Dining Room: | |
| Western and Indian Styles | 343 | |
| Western style | 343 | |
| Indian style | 349 | |
| Further Reading | 351 | |
| Model Questions | 353 | |
| Index | 361 |
