The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities & Design in Early Modern Britain & Early America
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801873150
ISBN13:9780801873157
Release Date:February 2003
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:376 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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