Home

WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help

Search

Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library

Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or

<< Return to Search Results

Cite/Export

Cite/Export

Copy a citation

APA (6th ed.)

Chicago (Author-Date, 15th ed.)

Harvard (18th ed.)

MLA (7th ed.)

Turabian (6th ed.)

Export a citation
Export to RefWorks Export to EndNote / Reference Manager Export to EasyBib
Export to EndNote / Reference Manager(non-Latin) Cancel
Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied.
Print
E-mail

E-mail

All fields are required.

The E-mail Address(es) field is required. Please enter recipient e-mail address(es).

The E-mail Address(es) you entered is(are) not in a valid format. Please re-enter recipient e-mail address(es).

You may send this item to up to five recipients.
Enter recipient e-mail address(es): Separate up to five addresses with commas (,)
The name field is required. Please enter your name.
Enter your name: Subject:
The E-mail message field is required. Please enter the message.
E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503596086 Title: At home : a short history of private life Author: Bill Bryson Publisher: New York : Doubleday, ©2010. ISBN/ISSN: 9780767919388 0767919386 OCLC:503596086

The ReCaptcha terms you entered were incorrect. Please try to match the 2 words shown in the window, or try the audio version.

Cancel
Share
Permalink

Permalink

Copy this URL to link to this page:

Write a review
Rate this item:
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5

At home : a short history of private life

Preview this item

Text excerpt (Dial-a-Book)

Checking...

At home : a short history of private life

Author:	Bill Bryson
Publisher:	New York : Doubleday, ©2010.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st U.S. edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.
Rating:	(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Dwellings -- Psychological aspects. Dwellings -- Environmental aspects. Rooms -- Psychological aspects. View all subjects
More like this	User tags User lists Similar Items

Borrow / obtain a copy

Find a copy in the library

Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Bill Bryson Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780767919388 0767919386
OCLC Number:	503596086
Description:	497 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	The year -- The setting -- The hall -- The kitchen -- The scullery and the larder -- The fusebox -- The drawing room -- The dining room -- The cellar -- The passage -- The study -- The garden -- The plum room -- The stairs -- The bedroom -- The bathroom -- The dressing room -- The nursery -- The attic.
Responsibility:	Bill Bryson.

Abstract:

Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life.

Reviews

User-contributed reviews

Linked Data

More info about Linked Data

<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503596086>

library:oclcnum

"503596086"

library:placeOfPublication

<http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/countries/nyu>

dcterms:identifier	"nyu"
rdf:type	schema:Place

library:placeOfPublication

<http://dbpedia.org/resource/New_York_City>

rdf:type	schema:Place
schema:name	"New York"

rdf:type

schema:Book

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/fictional_works>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Fictional Works."@en

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/dwellings_environmental_aspects>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Dwellings--Environmental aspects."@en

schema:about

<http://id.worldcat.org/fast/900150>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Dwellings--Psychological aspects"@en

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/rooms_environmental_aspects>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:hasPart	<http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000997>
schema:name	"Rooms--Environmental aspects."@en

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/rooms_psychological_aspects>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:hasPart	<http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000997>
schema:name	"Rooms--Psychological aspects."@en

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/wohnung>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Wohnung."@en

schema:about

<http://id.worldcat.org/fast/900055>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Dwellings--Environmental aspects"@en

schema:about

<http://dewey.info/class/643.1/e22/>

rdf:type

schema:Intangible

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/dwellings_psychological_aspects>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Dwellings--Psychological aspects."@en

schema:about

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Topic/alltagsgegenstand>

rdf:type	schema:Intangible
schema:name	"Alltagsgegenstand."@en

schema:bookEdition

"1st U.S. ed."

schema:copyrightYear

"2010"

schema:creator

<http://viaf.org/viaf/59134159>

rdf:type	schema:Person
schema:familyName	"Bryson"
schema:givenName	"Bill"
schema:name	"Bryson, Bill."

schema:datePublished

"2010"

schema:description

"Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life."@en

schema:description

"The year -- The setting -- The hall -- The kitchen -- The scullery and the larder -- The fusebox -- The drawing room -- The dining room -- The cellar -- The passage -- The study -- The garden -- The plum room -- The stairs -- The bedroom -- The bathroom -- The dressing room -- The nursery -- The attic."@en

schema:exampleOfWork

<http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/864840443>

schema:inLanguage

"en"

schema:name

"At home : a short history of private life"@en

schema:numberOfPages

"497"

schema:publication

<http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/503596086#PublicationEvent/new_york_doubleday_c2010>

rdf:type

schema:PublicationEvent

schema:location

<http://dbpedia.org/resource/New_York_City>

rdf:type	schema:Place
schema:name	"New York"

schema:organizer

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Agent/doubleday>

rdf:type	bgn:Agent
schema:name	"Doubleday"

schema:startDate

"c2010"

schema:publisher

<http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/864840443#Agent/doubleday>

rdf:type	bgn:Agent
schema:name	"Doubleday"

schema:workExample

<http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780767919388>

rdf:type	schema:ProductModel
schema:isbn	"0767919386"
schema:isbn	"9780767919388"

wdrs:describedby

<http://www.worldcat.org/title/-/oclc/503596086>

rdf:type	genont:InformationResource
rdf:type	genont:ContentTypeGenericResource
schema:about	<http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503596086>
void:inDataset	<http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat>

Content-negotiable representations

Turtle (text/turtle)
JSON-LD (application/ld+json)
RDF/XML (application/rdf+xml)
N-TRIPLES (text/plain)
HTML+RDFa (text/html)

Please sign in to WorldCat

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.

You:	Sign In \| Register \| My WorldCat \| My Lists \| My Watchlist \| My Reviews \| My Tags \| My Saved Searches
WorldCat:	Home \| About \| Help \| Search

Nearby libraries

At home : a short history of private life

Find a copy in the library

Details

Abstract:

Reviews

Tags

All user tags (7)

Similar Items

Related Subjects:(7)

User lists with this item (21)

Linked Data