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: Crowley, John E ISBN: 9780801873157 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Published: 2003 Binding: Book Language: English Condition: Used: Good Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. I 1604924 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