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A history of domestic space : privacy and the Canadian home / Peter Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, W. Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwellings--Canada--History.
- Dwellings.
- Architecture, Domestic--Canada--History.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Architecture and society--Canada.
- Architecture and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 182 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Homes are our most personal, private places, at the heart of how we conceive of life outside the public sphere. A History of Domestic Space explores how domestic architecture has shaped and been shaped by family and social relationships over the past three centuries. The changing form, setting, and technology of the home have profoundly affected our opportunities for individual privacy within a family and family privacy within a community."--Jacket
- Contents:
- 1: Housing and Privacy
- 2: Interiors
- 3: The House in Its Setting
- 4: Privacy and the Canadian Home
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613131317
- 9781283131315
- 1283131315
- 9780774852258
- 0774852259
- OCLC:
- 144086267
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb06843 hdl
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