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The invention of comfort : sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America /
"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 function...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | Taylor, J. David. Endangered animals series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 Crowley highlights his arguments with excerpts from historical documents - diaries, travel accounts, politeness manuals, and personal letters - and includes analysis of architectural plans and domestic art (reproduced in the book's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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 361 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-347) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801875161 9780801875168 9780801864377 0801864372 |