Entrée principale:

Crowley, John E., 1943-

Titre et auteur:

The invention of comfort : sensibilities & design in early modern Britain & early America / John E. Crowley.

Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000, ©2001.

Description:

xi, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

ISBN:

0801864372 (alk. paper)
9780801864377

Sujet:

Households United States History.
Households Great Britain History.
House furnishings United States History.
House furnishings Great Britain History.
Ménages (Statistique) États-Unis Histoire.
Ménages (Statistique) Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Ameublement États-Unis Histoire.
Ameublement Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
House furnishings.
Households.
Manners and customs.
United States Social life and customs.
Great Britain Social life and customs.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes.
Grande-Bretagne Mœurs et coutumes.
Great Britain.
United States.

Classification/genre:

History.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 214437
Cote: GT481.U6 C7 2000
Statut: Disponible