Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities & Design in Early Modern Britain & Early America (Revised)

Title: Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities & Design in Early Modern Britain & Early America (Revised) Author: John E Crowley ISBN: 9780801873157 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Published: 2003 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Anthropology 1650340 Publisher Description: How did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates in The Invention of Comfort, changes in sensible technology owed a great deal to fashion-conscious elites discovering discomfort in surroundings they earlier had felt to be satisfactory. Written in an engaging style that will appeal to historians and material culture specialists as well as to general readers, this pathbreaking work brings tog