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Author Crowley, John E., 1943-

Title The Invention of comfort [electronic resource] : sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America / John E. Crowley.

Imprint Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2001.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 361 p. : ill.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0801875161
0801864372 (alk. paper)

 
    
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