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Bill Bryson
At Home

HistorySocial life and customs

At Home

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First published: 2010
Editions: 25 in 4 languages

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: History
Social life and customs
Social conditions
Manners and customs
Psychological aspects
Mice
Set in: United States
England
Great Britain
London
Time: 19th Century; 17th Century; 1800s; 1930
Characters: Bill Bryson

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25 in 4 languages

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English19 Spanish3 Russian2 Dutch1

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