At home
Subtitle: a short history of private life
By: Bill Bryson
Edition: Black Swan edition reissued (4)
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9781784161873
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Households; Rooms; Psychological aspects; Environmental aspects; Social history; Dwellings; History
Description: SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY. In At Home, Bill Bryson applies the same irrepressible curiosity, irresistible wit, stylish prose and masterful storytelling that made A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the most lauded books of the last decade, and delivers one of the most entertaining and illuminating books ever written about the history of the way we live. Bill Bryson was struck one day by the thought that we devote a lot more time to studying the battles and wars of history than to considering what history really consists of: centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping and merely endeavouring to get more comfortable. And that most of the key discoveries for humankind can be found in the very fabric of the houses in which we live. This inspired him to start a journey around his own house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be.
Notes: Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.