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Author | : John Caspall |
Publisher | : ACC Distribution |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
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Author | : John Caspall |
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Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1987 |
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Author | : Judith Flanders |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1466875488 |
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The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in her best and most ambitious work to date, "home" is a relatively new idea. In The Making of Home, Flanders traces the evolution of the house from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century across northern Europe and America, showing how the homes we know today bear only a faint resemblance to homes though history. What turned a house into the concept of home? Why did northwestern Europe, a politically unimportant, sociologically underdeveloped region of the world, suddenly became the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, the capitalist crucible that created modernity? While investigating these important questions, Flanders uncovers the fascinating development of ordinary household items--from cutlery, chairs and curtains, to the fitted kitchen, plumbing and windows--while also dismantling many domestic myths. In this prodigiously researched and engagingly written book, Flanders brilliantly and elegantly draws together the threads of religion, history, economics, technology and the arts to show not merely what happened, but why it happened: how we ended up in a world where we can all say, like Dorothy in Oz, "There's no place like home."
Author | : A. Roger Ekirch |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2006-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393344584 |
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"Remarkable.… Ekirch has emptied night's pockets, and laid the contents out before us." —Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker Bringing light to the shadows of history through a "rich weave of citation and archival evidence" (Publishers Weekly), scholar A. Roger Ekirch illuminates the aspects of life most often overlooked by other historians—those that unfold at night. In this "triumph of social history" (Mail on Sunday), Ekirch's "enthralling anthropology" (Harper's) exposes the nightlife that spawned a distinct culture and a refuge from daily life. Fear of crime, of fire, and of the supernatural; the importance of moonlight; the increased incidence of sickness and death at night; evening gatherings to spin wool and stories; masqued balls; inns, taverns, and brothels; the strategies of thieves, assassins, and conspirators; the protective uses of incantations, meditations, and prayers; the nature of our predecessors' sleep and dreams—Ekirch reveals all these and more in his "monumental study" (The Nation) of sociocultural history, "maintaining throughout an infectious sense of wonder" (Booklist).
Author | : Joanna Banham |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1469 |
Release | : 1997-05 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1136787585 |
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Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
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ISBN | : 9781022626164 |
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This brief but fascinating guide to the technology of lighting and fire making was first published in 1890 by an anonymous author. It covers a wide range of topics such as matches, candles, lamps, stoves, and heating systems, and provides historical and practical information on each. The book also includes illustrations and instructions for making homemade fire starters and related devices. This edition features a new foreword by a historian of technology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author | : Geoff Egan |
Publisher | : Medieval Finds from Excavations in London |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
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Catalogue of excavated household items from the middle ages provides an invaluable reference tool for experts and the general reader alike. This book brings together for the first time the astonishing diversity of excavated furnishings and artefacts from medieval London homes. These include roofing and other structural items, decorative fixtures and fittings, and assortment of culinary utensils, writing instruments, and toys and weights. Illustrating some 1,000 items, the catalogue provides a fascinating account of how metalwork and glassware manufacturing trends changed during the period covered, while close dating of many of the finds has resulted in many new insights into life at the time.
Author | : Roger W. Moss |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Jonathan Bourne |
Publisher | : Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Total Pages | : 888 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Antiquarian booksellers |
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