At home : a short history of private life / Bill Bryson.

By:

Bryson, Bill

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Doubleday, 2010.Description: 536 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780385608275 (hbk.)
0385608276 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Social history

DDC classification:

306.09 22

Summary: It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than considering what most of history really consists of: centuries upon centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction	Pop-Up Library Non-Fiction	Non Fiction	306.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A0055234X

Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-510) and index.

It struck Bill Bryson one day that we devote a lot more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than considering what most of history really consists of: centuries upon centuries of people quietly going about their daily business - eating, sleeping, having sex, endeavouring to be amused.

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