| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 361 pages) : illustrations |
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Endangered animals series |
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Taylor, J. David.
Endangered animals series.
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| Contents |
Commodious comfort : hall and hearth, chamber and chimney -- Civil comfort : mansion houses -- Colonial comfort : vernacular and elegant options -- Decent comfort : candles and mirrors -- Convenient comfort : political economy -- Enlightened comfort : stoves and lamps -- Picturesque comfort : the cottage -- Healthy comfort : the piazza -- Gendered comfort : house design books |
| Summary |
"How did our modern ideas of physical comfort originate? As John E. Crowley demonstrates in The Invention of Comfort, changes in the technology of comfort depended on a fashion-conscious public's being made to feel discomfort with surroundings that they had previously perceived as functionally adequate." "Written in an engaging style that will appeal to historians and material culture specialists as well as to general readers, this work brings together such disparate topics of analysis as climate, fire, food, clothing, the senses, and anxiety - especially about the night. Crowley highlights his arguments with excerpts from historical documents - diaries, travel accounts, politeness manuals, and personal letters - and includes analysis of architectural plans and domestic art (reproduced in the book's many illustrations)."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-347) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Households -- United States -- History
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Households -- Great Britain -- History
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House furnishings -- United States -- History
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House furnishings -- Great Britain -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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House furnishings
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Households
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Manners and customs
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Wohnen
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Bequemlichkeit
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Geschichte
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Architektur
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Wohnkultur
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Comfort.
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Interieurkunst.
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Huishouden.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140527
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056946
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Great Britain
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United States
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Großbritannien
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0801875161 |
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9780801875168 |
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9780801864377 |
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0801864372 |
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