The book How to be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway is quite fascinating. At the beginning of each chapter is an excerpt from the book How to be an American Housewife, which has advice on how to assimilate into American society, and make your American husband happy. Some of these I found outright hilarious. Margaret Dilloway got the idea from a real book she found in her mother's kitchen:
http://margaretdilloway.com/welcome/the-inspiration-book-the-american-way-of-housekeeping/
http://margaretdilloway.com/welcome/the-inspiration-book-the-american-way-of-housekeeping/