The Greenwood encyclopedia of homes through world history

• Main Author: Steele, James, 1943-
• Corporate Author: Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
• Subjects: Architecture, Domestic > Encyclopedias. > History; Dwellings > Encyclopedias. > History; Architecture.; ARCHITECTURE > Residential. > Buildings; Electronic books.
• Online Access: Daily Life Online; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

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...

Table of Contents:

• v. 1. From ancient times to the late Middle Ages, 6000 BCE-1200
• v. 2. The Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, 1201-1750
• v. 3. The Industrial Revolution to today, 1751 to the present.