The invention of comfort : sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America

Author:

Crowley, John E

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001

Subject:

Households - United States - History
Households - Great Britain - History
House furnishings - United States - History
House furnishings - Great Britain - History
United States - Social life and customs
Great Britain - Social life and customs

ISBN:

9780801864377, 0801864372, and 0801864372 (alk. paper)

Description:

xi, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

"Notes": p. 293-347 and Includes bibliographical references and index

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

Collection:

Bard Hall Study Center

Call Number:

GT481.U6 C76 2001

Available

c.2

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

Available

c.1