The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History [3 volumes]

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History [3 volumes]
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 841
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ISBN-10 : 9780313081088
ISBN-13 : 0313081085
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Book Synopsis The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History [3 volumes] by : James M. Steele

Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through World History [3 volumes] written by James M. Steele and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 841 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The house, throughout history, in every place in the world, has been built to provide shelter from the elements. The dwellings that have resulted are as different as the people that have built them, the social norms that prevailed at the time and place in which they were built and the natural environment that they adapted to. Studying them now in a comprehensive way allows us to understand the social, political, economic and religious conditions that existed for their inhabitants. They are a three-dimensional record of culture. Twenty-four pages of color images, along with black and white images through three volumes, illustrate the homes of people throughout the world. The volumes cover ancient times to the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, and the Post-Industrial Revolution to the Present.


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