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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Soldiers once had to shoot cans open to reach the food inside; overall, standards of food safety were lax.
Chapter 3: Shortages of limestone and timber in America pushed British colonists to rely on stone for building their homes.
Chapter 4: The whims of fashion shape building materials, too, and London’s bricks endured a fluctuating existence.
Chapter 5: A nineteenth-century mattress was filled with straw and became home to rodents and bugs.
Chapter 6: Ancient Romans loved to bathe, but medieval thinkers believed dirt brought you closer to God.
Chapter 7: We eat salt to survive; we use pepper because it’s fashionable, or so claimed the ancient Romans.
Description
At Home (2010) offers an in-depth look at the history of the home. These blinks walk you through stories that each “take place” in a different room in a house, explaining the history of spaces such as a bathroom or kitchen. Interestingly, you’ll explore how each space evolved into the rooms we live in today.
Who Should Listen
- Students of sociology, anthropology and history
- People with an interest in the history of domestic life