{"product_id":"the-invention-of-comfort-sensibilities-design-in-early-modern-britain-early-america-9780801873157","title":"The Invention of Comfort: Sensibilities \u0026 Design in Early Modern Britain \u0026 Early America","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John E. Crowley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did our modern ideas of physical well-being originate? As John Crowley demonstrates in \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Comfort, \u003c\/i\u003e changes in sensible technology owed a great deal to fashion-conscious elites discovering \u003ci\u003edis\u003c\/i\u003ecomfort in surroundings they earlier had felt to be satisfactory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an engaging style that will appeal to historians and material culture specialists as well as to general readers, this pathbreaking work brings together such disparate topics of analysis as climate, fire, food, clothing, the senses, and anxiety--especially about the night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614123376791,"sku":"9780801873157","price":3130.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801873157.webp?v=1775091239","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-invention-of-comfort-sensibilities-design-in-early-modern-britain-early-america-9780801873157","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}