At home

a short history of private life

Hardcover, 497 pages

English language

Published Oct. 4, 2010 by Doubleday.

ISBN:
978-0-7679-1938-8
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OCLC Number:
781934028

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life is a history of domestic life written by Bill Bryson. It was published in May 2010. The book covers topics of the commerce, architecture, technology and geography that have shaped homes into what they are today, told through a series of "tours" through Bryson's Norfolk rectory that quickly digress into the history of each particular room.

24 editions

Subjects

  • Dwellings -- Psychological aspects
  • Dwellings -- Environmental aspects
  • Rooms -- Psychological aspects
  • Rooms -- Environmental aspects