At home : a short history of private life
(Adult Book)
Author
Published
Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2010.
Format
Adult Book
ISBN
9780385661638 :
Physical Desc
497 pages : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Status
Non-Fiction (Adult) - Non-Fiction Shelves
643.1 B79
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643.1 B79
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Published
Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2010.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385661638 :
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
From the author of "A Short History of Nearly Everything", comes a work of what you might call domestic science: our homes, how they work, and the fascinating history of how they got that way. Bill Bryson lives in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as found in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to "write a history of the world without leaving home." The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has figured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house. Print run 50,000.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bryson, B. (2010). At home: a short history of private life . Doubleday Canada.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryson, Bill. 2010. At Home: A Short History of Private Life. Doubleday Canada.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bryson, Bill. At Home: A Short History of Private Life Doubleday Canada, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bryson, Bill. At Home: A Short History of Private Life Doubleday Canada, 2010.
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