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This book traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and innovations in furniture that made country houses more comfortable, but argues that comfort was also found in daily routines, religious faith and relationships with family and friends.
This book traces the changes in layout, the new technologies, and innovations in furniture that made country houses more comfortable, but argues that comfort was also found in daily routines, religious faith and relationships with family and friends.
Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Introduction Part 1: Physical and Social Comfort: The Materiality of the Country House 1. Convenience and Privacy: The Architecture of Comfort 2. Warmth and Light: Technologies of Comfort 3. Comfortable Rooms: Sociability and the "Modern Living Room" Part 2: Emotional Comfort: Feelings, Letters and Home 4. Cleanliness and Godliness: Comforts of the Body and Mind 5. Family and Friends: Comfort, Consolation and Correspondence 6. Home Comforts: Objects and Memories. Conclusions: House and Home
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
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Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 308 |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781032072920 |
ISBN-10: | 103207292X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Stobart, Jon |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 151 x 228 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jon Stobart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.05.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,498 kg |
Jon Stobart is Professor of History at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Introduction Part 1: Physical and Social Comfort: The Materiality of the Country House 1. Convenience and Privacy: The Architecture of Comfort 2. Warmth and Light: Technologies of Comfort 3. Comfortable Rooms: Sociability and the "Modern Living Room" Part 2: Emotional Comfort: Feelings, Letters and Home 4. Cleanliness and Godliness: Comforts of the Body and Mind 5. Family and Friends: Comfort, Consolation and Correspondence 6. Home Comforts: Objects and Memories. Conclusions: House and Home
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 308 |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781032072920 |
ISBN-10: | 103207292X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Stobart, Jon |
Hersteller: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Maße: | 151 x 228 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jon Stobart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 31.05.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,498 kg |