Home a short history of an idea
(2014)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Audio, Inc. : Made available through hoopla, 2014
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 36 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781470848330 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11072949, 1470848333 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11072949
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Nadia May
In this illuminating book, Witold Rybczynski walks us through five centuries of homes both great and small, from the smoke-filled manor halls of the Middle Ages to the Ralph Lauren designed environments of today. On a house tour like no other-one that delightfully explicates the very idea of "home"-you'll see how social and cultural changes influenced styles of decoration and furnishing, learn the connection between wall-hung religious tapestries and wall-to-wall carpeting, discover how some of our most welcome luxuries were born of architectural necessity, and much more
Mode of access: World Wide Web