Invention of Comfort (ePub)
Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America
(Sprache: Englisch)
A history and analysis of the development of domestic design in early modern Britain and America.
How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates inThe Invention of Comfort,changes in sensible technology owed a...
How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates inThe Invention of Comfort,changes in sensible technology owed a...
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A history and analysis of the development of domestic design in early modern Britain and America.
How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates inThe Invention of Comfort,changes in sensible technology owed a great deal to fashion-conscious elites discoveringdiscomfort in surroundings they earlier had felt to be satisfactory.
Written in an engaging style that will appeal to historians and material culture specialists as well as to general readers, this pathbreaking work brings together such disparate topics of analysis as climate, fire, food, clothing, the senses, and anxiety-especially about the night.
"Riveting.... A solid contribution to the literature on the cultural impact of gentility, refinement, and the "baubles of Britain" in England and its colonial possessions." -Journal of American History
"Crowley provides a masterly search and survey that no historian of material culture should miss, and every curious reader should consider." -Eugen Weber, Phi Beta Kappa Key Reporter
"A comprehensive and tight study ... a valuable contribution to the field, [and] one that is enjoyable to read." -Emma Hart, English Historical Review
"The sheer range of evidence, the interweaving of themes, and the overall strength of the argument mean [this] is an ideal book for specialists and students alike." -Helen Clifford, Journal of Design History
"The Invention of Comfortis an important and thought-provoking book that challenges our understanding of why people live that way they do." -Marie Morgan, New England Quarterly
How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates inThe Invention of Comfort,changes in sensible technology owed a great deal to fashion-conscious elites discoveringdiscomfort in surroundings they earlier had felt to be satisfactory.
Written in an engaging style that will appeal to historians and material culture specialists as well as to general readers, this pathbreaking work brings together such disparate topics of analysis as climate, fire, food, clothing, the senses, and anxiety-especially about the night.
"Riveting.... A solid contribution to the literature on the cultural impact of gentility, refinement, and the "baubles of Britain" in England and its colonial possessions." -Journal of American History
"Crowley provides a masterly search and survey that no historian of material culture should miss, and every curious reader should consider." -Eugen Weber, Phi Beta Kappa Key Reporter
"A comprehensive and tight study ... a valuable contribution to the field, [and] one that is enjoyable to read." -Emma Hart, English Historical Review
"The sheer range of evidence, the interweaving of themes, and the overall strength of the argument mean [this] is an ideal book for specialists and students alike." -Helen Clifford, Journal of Design History
"The Invention of Comfortis an important and thought-provoking book that challenges our understanding of why people live that way they do." -Marie Morgan, New England Quarterly
Autoren-Porträt von John E. Crowley
John E. Crowley is the George Munro Professor of History at Dalhousie University. He is currently studying the creation of a global landscape in British visual culture c. 1750-1820.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John E. Crowley
- Englisch
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10: 0801875161
- ISBN-13: 9780801875168
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