The Resource At home : a short history of private life, Bill Bryson
At home : a short history of private life, Bill Bryson
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- Summary
- Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. And that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 536 p.
- Note
-
- Plans on endpapers
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780385608275
- Label
- At home : a short history of private life
- Title
- At home
- Title remainder
- a short history of private life
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Bryson
- Subject
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- trueHumor writing -- Classic humorists
- trueHousehold activities
- Dwellings -- Social aspects
- trueRooms -- History
- trueBathrooms -- History
- trueHome (Concept) -- History
- trueHome (Social sciences) -- History
- trueHistory Writing -- Microhistory
- trueSocial history
- trueHouseholds -- History
- trueHouses -- History
- trueFurniture -- History
- trueArchitecture, Domestic -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. And that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be
- Summary
- Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life
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- 367346
- Cataloging source
- NOV
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- Bryson, Bill
- Dewey number
- 306.09
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plans
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
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- Dwellings
- Social history
- Target audience
- general
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- an informal history of private life
- Label
- At home : a short history of private life, Bill Bryson
- Note
-
- Plans on endpapers
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. [485]-510
- Control code
- 000045349036
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 536 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780385608275
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., plans
- Label
- At home : a short history of private life, Bill Bryson
- Note
-
- Plans on endpapers
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. [485]-510
- Control code
- 000045349036
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 536 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780385608275
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., plans
Subject
- trueArchitecture, Domestic -- History
- trueBathrooms -- History
- Dwellings -- Social aspects
- trueFurniture -- History
- trueHistory Writing -- Microhistory
- trueHome (Concept) -- History
- trueHome (Social sciences) -- History
- trueHousehold activities
- trueHouseholds -- History
- trueHouses -- History
- trueHumor writing -- Classic humorists
- trueRooms -- History
- trueSocial history
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