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Author
Crowley, John E., 1943-
Title
The invention of comfort : sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America / John E. Crowley.
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Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.
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Axe Special Collections Cornish
306.4609 C886i 2001
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Description
xi, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography
"Notes": p. 293-347.
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.
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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.
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0801873150 (pbk.)
9780801873157 (pbk.)
0801864372 (alk. paper)
9780801864377 (alk. paper)
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NLC 20010030433
NLGGC 195144384
YDXCP 1931110
YDXCP 1682824
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