The Invention of Comfort
Subtitle: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and Early America
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: January 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780801873157
Subjects: Cultural studies; Impact of science & technology on society; Social history; History; Archaeology / Anthropology; History: American; USA; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Anthropology - Cultural; United States - General; History / Europe / General; Europe - General
First sentence: MEDIEVAL DEFINITIONS of domestic amenity gave priority to social status over personal physical comfort.