At Home

A Short History of Private Life

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Bill Bryson: At Home (2011, Doubleday Canada)

592 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 2011 by Doubleday Canada.

ISBN:
978-0-385-66164-5
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life is a history of domestic life written by Bill Bryson. It was published in May 2010. The book covers topics of the commerce, architecture, technology and geography that have shaped homes into what they are today, told through a series of "tours" through Bryson's Norfolk rectory that quickly digress into the history of each particular room.

18 editions

Subjects

  • Dwellings
  • Rooms
  • Social history
  • Households