The brand new Bryson for 2010. Will do for social history what A Short History of Nearly Everything did for science. It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than considering what most of history really consists of- centuries upon centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused. So he started a journey around his house, an old rectory in Norfolk, wandering from room to room considering how the ordinary things in life came to be. Along the way he allowed himself delightful digressions on the history of everything from architecture to epidemics, from food preservation to the discovery of electricity, and from crinolines to toilets. And to his dismay, he also encountered a terrifying variety of dangers to our health and happiness.Where the prizewinning A Short History of Nearly Everything was a sweeping survey of Earth, the universe and everything, At Home is an inwards look at all human life through a domestic telescope. Because, as Bryson says, our homes aren't refuges from history. They are where history begins and ends.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cornerstone
ISBN-10
1846572312
ISBN-13
9781846572319
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96315442
Product Key Features
Book Title
AT Home: a Short History of Private Life
Author
Bill Bryson
Format
Audio CD
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Run Time
382 Mins
Dimensions
Item Height
142mm
Item Width
125mm
Item Weight
203g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Bill Bryson
Running Time
382
Series Title
Bryson
Prizes
Shortlisted for Galaxy National Book Awards: Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2010.
Contained Items Statement
5 Audio Cds
Subject
History, History: Specific Subjects
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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