At home : a short history of private life

Resource Information

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Label

At home : a short history of private life

Title remainder

a short history of private life

Statement of responsibility

Bill Bryson. --

Creator

• Bryson, Bill

Subject

• Dwellings -- Psychological aspects
• Dwellings -- Social aspects
• Rooms -- Pictorial works
• Dwellings -- Pictorial works
• Rooms -- Social aspects
• Rooms -- Psychological aspects

Genre

• Pictorial works

Language

eng

Summary

In this book, Bill Bryson writes a history of the world without leaving home. The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom for sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen for nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has featured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demostrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture

Cataloging source

CaOONL

Dewey number

643.1

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult