Home : a short history of an idea

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Home : a short history of an idea / Witold Rybczynski.

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An architect discusses the idea of comfort and the Western cultural attitudes that have shaped it since the end of the Middle Ages, reviewing such cultural variables as intimacy and privacy, domesticity, ease, and ideas about light, air, and efficiency as they have changed over time, and making a plea for the primacy of cultural ideals as a basis for creating psychologically comfortable homes.

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ISBN: 0140102310
ISBN: 9780140102314
Physical Description: x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Penguin Books, 1987, ©1986.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-244) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Nostalgia -- Intimacy and privacy -- Domesticity -- Commodity and delight -- Ease -- Light and air -- Efficiency -- Style and substance -- Austerity -- Comfort and well-being.

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Subject:: Dwellings > Psychological aspects.
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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Status	Due Date
Lummi Library	NA 7125 .R93 1986	261469	Stacks	Available	-

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Related Resource: http://www.lib.uwo.ca/catalogue/bookplates/viewfund.php?id=47
- Donated in memory of Grace Blackburn

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