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The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America

John E. Crowley
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Description:How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates in The Invention of Comfort, changes in sensible technology owed a great deal to fashion-conscious elites discovering discomfort 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America. To get started finding The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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477
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Release
2003
ISBN
0801875161

The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America

John E. Crowley
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Description: How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates in The Invention of Comfort, changes in sensible technology owed a great deal to fashion-conscious elites discovering discomfort 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America. To get started finding The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
477
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Release
2003
ISBN
0801875161

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