At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Description: At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson traces the history and function of domestic spaces, examining how everyday rooms and objects in a Victorian parsonage reflect broader changes in private life over time
ISBN: 0767919394
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fernly
· 2014-12-22
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The creation of the ice trade is covered in entertaining detail in chapter 4 of Bill Bryson's At Home [1], including a story of how the first speculative shipload to London was held so long by Customs trying to figure out how to tax it, that most of it melted.
[1] http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Short-History-Private/dp/07679...
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It explores history through the lens of everyday objects in the home (even fixtures like windows, and spaces like your foyer)
A little slow to start, but then it never stops entertaining