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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crowley, John E., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Colección:Taylor, J. David. Endangered animals series.
Temas:
Geschichte 800-1800.
Households > United States > History.
Households > Great Britain > History.
House furnishings > United States > History.
House furnishings > Great Britain > History.
Ménages (Statistique) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ménages (Statistique) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Ameublement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Ameublement > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
House furnishings
Households
Manners and customs
Wohnen
Bequemlichkeit
Geschichte
Architektur
Wohnkultur
Comfort.
Interieurkunst.
Huishouden.
United States > Social life and customs.
Great Britain > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes.
Great Britain
United States
Großbritannien
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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