Comforts of home : the American house and the evolution of modern convenience / Merritt Ierley.

Main entry:

Ierley, Merritt.

Title & Author:

Comforts of home : the American house and the evolution of modern convenience / Merritt Ierley.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : C. Potter, 1999.

Description:

287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-272) and index.
The Coming of Modern: 1805 -- Power, Fuel, and Water Supply -- Heating -- Lighting -- Bathing -- The Water Closet -- In and Around the Kitchen -- The Future: More Recognizable: 1830 -- Between Thumb and Finger: 1860 -- Power, Fuel, and Water Supply -- Heating -- Lighting -- The Bathroom -- Appliances -- The Kitchen -- The Future: More Recognizable: 1900 -- The Perfecting of Comfort: The 1920s to the Present -- Power, Fuel, and Infrastructure -- Heating and Air Conditioning -- Lighting -- The Bathroom -- Appliances -- The Kitchen.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"In The Comforts of Home, an unprecedented work written for a general audience with no particular knowledge of science or technology, social historian Merritt Ierley weaves in aspects of architecture, social history, and technology to present an underexplored but central feature of American cultural identity: how our lives are shaped by the domestic technology around us. Here we see a simple brick cubicle with a stove inside it evolve into central heating, a barrel with a large handle become the automatic washing machine, a box lined with charcoal give us the modern refrigerator, and the modern toilet develop from a rudimentary stone trough."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

0609602993
9780609602997
0609807528 (pbk.)
9780609807521 (pbk.)

Subject:

Dwellings Environmental engineering United States History.
Habitations Technique de l'environnement États-Unis Histoire.
Dwellings Environmental engineering
Woningen.
Huishoudelijke apparaten.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Culturele identiteit.
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217655
Call No.: TH6057.A6 I37 1999
Status: Available

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