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A history of domestic space : privacy and the Canadian home / Peter Ward.

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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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