The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early

The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities and Design in Early Modern Britain and 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 anxietyâ€•especially about the night.
Country USA
Brand Johns Hopkins University Press
Manufacturer Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 68, 68 black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2003-02-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780801873157

Country	USA
Brand	Johns Hopkins University Press
Manufacturer	Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	68, 68 black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2003-02-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780801873157

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