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What we did in bed : a horizontal history /

Pulling back the covers on the fascinating, yet often forgotten, history of the bed. Louis XIV ruled France from his bedchamber. Winston Churchill governed Britain from his during World War II. Travelers routinely used to bed down with complete strangers, and whole families shared beds in many prein...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fagan, Brian M. (Autor), Durrani, Nadia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Beds Laid Bare; CHAPTER TWO: Sleep through Time; CHAPTER THREE: The Big Bang; CHAPTER FOUR: Call the Midwife; CHAPTER FIVE: Death and Beyond; CHAPTER SIX: Strange Bedfellows; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Moving Bed; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Public Bedchamber; CHAPTER NINE: A Private Refuge; CHAPTER TEN: Tomorrow's Beds; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index.