The Greenwood encyclopedia of homes through world history
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 enviro...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Daily Life Online View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | 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 imag. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (3 v.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780313081088 (electronic bk.) 0313081085 (electronic bk.) |