01878cam a2200421 4500 69733696 TxAuBib 20101108120000.0 100129s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780767919388 0767919386 (OCoLC)503596086 DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Bryson, Bill, 1951- At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Doubleday, 2010. 497 p. ; 25 cm. Originally published: London : Doubleday, c2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-475) and index. The year -- The setting -- The hall -- The kitchen -- The scullery and the larder -- The fuse box -- The drawing room -- The dining room -- The cellar -- The passage -- The study -- The garden -- The plum room -- The stairs -- The bedroom -- The bathroom -- The dressing room -- The nursery -- The attic. PW 08/09/2010. NYT Bk 10/10/2010. Bklst 10/15/2010. LJ 09/01/2010. Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. 20101108. Rooms History. Rooms Environmental aspects. Rooms Psychological aspects. Social history. Dwellings History. Dwellings Environmental aspects. Dwellings Psychological aspects. Social evolution. Europe Social life and customs. TXDRI