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By Witold Rybczynski
By Witold Rybczynski
Category: Arts & Entertainment | World History | Home
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$16.00
Jul 07, 1987 | ISBN 9780140102314
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Praise
“Here is a book that will change thew ay you look at your house or apartmentfor the better.”
People
“Rybczynski’s style is as loose and, yes, as comfortable as a down-filled comforter.”
The Christian Science Monitor
“Sensible and stylish”
Newsweek
“It’s a bracing, irreverent, worldly wise book.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Home is serious, historically minded, and exquisitely readable. It is a triumph of intelligence.”
The New Yorker
Table Of Contents
Home Foreword
Chapter One: Nostalgia
*Two: Intimacy and Privacy
*Three: Domesticity
*Four: Commodity and Delight
*Five: Ease
*Six: Light and Air
*Seven: Efficiency
*Eight: Style and Substance
*Nine: Austerity
*Ten: Comfort and Well-Being
Notes
Index
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