En casa. Una breve historia de la vida privada (78 page)

La mayor ironía de nuestra interminable cruzada por llenar nuestra vida de comodidades y felicidad sería haber creado un mundo que no tuviera ninguna de esas cosas. Pero eso, claro está, corresponde ya a otro libro.

ABSE, Joan,
John Ruskin: The Passionate Moralist
, Quartet Books, Londres, 1980.

ACKROYD, Peter,
Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination
, Chatto & Windus, Londres, 2002.

ACTON, Eliza,
Modern Cookery for Private Families
, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, Londres, 1858.

ADAMS, William Howard (ed.),
The Eye of Thomas Jefferson
, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976.

ADDISON, sir William,
Farmhouses in the English Landscape
, Robert Hale, Londres, 1986.

ALCABES, Philip,
Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu
, Public Affairs, Nueva York, 2009.

ALLEN, Edward,
How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
, Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1980. [Hay trad. cast.:
Cómo funciona un edificio: principios fundamentales
, Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2008.]

AMATO, Ivan,
Stuff: The Materials the World Is Made Of
, Basic Books, Nueva York, 1997.

ANDRADE, E. N. da C.,
A Brief History of the Royal Society
, Royal Society, Londres, 1960.

ARIÈS, Philippe,
Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life
, Jonathan Cape, Londres, 1962. [Orig. francés:
L’enfant et la vie familiale sons l’Ancien Régime
, Plon, 1960.]

ARNSTEIN, Walter L.,
Britain Yesterday and Today: 1830 to the Present
, D. C. Heath and Co., Lexington, Massachusetts, 1971.

ASHENBURG, Katherine,
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
, North Point Press/Farrar, Satrus and Giroux, Nueva York, 2007.

ASHTON, Rosemary,
Thomas and Jane Carlyle: Portrait of a Marriage
, Chatto & Windus, Londres, 2001.

ASLET, Clive,
The American Country House
, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1990.

AYRES, James,
Domestic Interiors: The British Tradition 1500-1850
, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2003.

BAER, N. S., y R. SNETHLAGE (eds.),
Saving Our Architectural Heritage: The Conservation of Historie Stone Structures
, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1997.

BAIRD, Rosemary,
Mistress of the House: Great Ladies and Grand Houses 1670-1830
, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Londres, 2003.

BAKALAR, Nicholas,
Where the Germs Are: A Scientific Safari
, John Wiley & Sons, Nueva York, 2003.

BAKER, Hollis S.,
Furniture in the Ancient World: Origins and Evolution 3100-475 BC
, Macmillan, Nueva York, 1966.

BALDON, Cleo e Ib MELCHIOR,
Steps and Stairways
, Rizzoli International, Nueva York, 1989.

BALL, Philip,
Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour
, Viking, Londres, 2001. [Hay trad. cast.:
La invención del color
, Nuevas Ediciones de Bolsillo, Barcelona, 2009.]

BALTER, Michael,
The Goddess and The Bull: Catalhÿük: An Archeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization
, Free Press, Nueva York, 2005.

BARBER, E. J. W.,
Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages, with Special Reference to the Aegean
, Princeton University Press, Princeton, Nueva Jersey, 1991.

—,
Women’s Work: The First 20,000 Years; Women, Cloth and Society in Early Times
, W. W. Norton, Nueva York, 1994.

BARKER, Graeme,
The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory: Why Did Foragers Become Farmers?
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.

BASCOMB, Neal,
Higher: A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City
, Broadway Books, Nueva York, 2003.

BATES, Elizabeth Bodwell y Jonathan L. FAIRBANKS,
American Furniture 1620 to the Present
, Richard Marek Publishers, Nueva York, 1981.

BAUGH, Albert C. y Thomas CABLE,
A History of the English Language
(5ª ed.), Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N. J., 2002. [Hay trad. cast.:
Historia de la literatura inglesa
, Editorial Prensa Española, Madrid.]

BAX, B. Anthony,
The English Parsonage
, John Murray, Londres, 1964.

BEARD, Geoffrey,
The Work of Robert Adam
, John Bartholomew & Son, Edimburgo, 1978.

BEAUCHAMP, K. G.,
Exhibiting Electricity
, The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Londres, 1997.

BEEBE, Lucius,
The Big Spenders
, Doubleday, Garden City, Nueva York, 1966.

BEETON, Mrs. Isabella,
The Book of Household Management
, S. O. Beeton, Londres, 1861.

BELANGER, Terry,
Lunacy and the Arangement of Books
, Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware, 2003.

BENTLEY, Peter J.,
The Undercover Scientist: Investigating the Mishaps of Everyday Life
, Random House, Londres, 2008.

BERENBAUM, May R.,
Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs
, Helix Books, Reading, Massachusetts, 1995.

BERESFORD, John (ed.),
The Diary of a Country Parson: The Reverend James Woodforde
(5 vols.). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1924.

BERNSTEIN, William A.,
A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
, Atlantic Books, Londres, 2008.

BERRY, R. J. (ed.),
Biology of the House Mouse
, Zoological Society of London, Londres, 1981.

BEST, Gary Dean,
The Dollar Decade: Mammon and the Machine, in 1920s America
, Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut, 2003.

BINNEY, Marcus,
SAVE British Heritage, 1975-2005: Thirty Years of Campaigning
, Scala Publishers, Londres, 2005.

BOARDMAN, Barrington,
From Harding to Hiroshima
, Dembner Books, Nueva York, 1985.

BODANIS, David,
The Secret Garden
, Simon & Schuster, Nueva York, 1992.

—,
Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
, Crown Publishers, Nueva York, 2005 [Hay trad. cast.:
El universo electrónico: la sorprendente aventura de la electricidad
, Editorial Planeta, Barcelona, 2006.]

BOORSTIN, Daniel, J.,
The Americans: The National Experience
, Random House, Nueva York, 1965.

—,
The Discovers
, Penguin, Londres, 1983. [Hay trad. cast.:
Los descubridores
, Editorial Crítica, Barcelona, 2008.]

BOUCHER, Bruce,
Palladio: The Architect in His Time
, Abbeville Press, Nueva York, 1994.

BOURKE, Joanna,
Fear: A Cultural History
, Virago Press, Londres, 2005.

BOURNE, Jonathan y Vanessa BRETT,
Lightning in the Domestic Interior: Renaissance to Art Noveau
, Sotheby’s, Londres, 1991.

BOURNE, Russell,
Cradle of Violence: How Boston’s Waterfront Mobs Ignited the American Revolution
, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, Nueva Jersey, 2006.

BOWERS, Brian,
A History of Electric Light and Power
, Science Museum, Londres, 1982.

BRADY, Patricia,
Martha Washington: An American Life
, Viking, Nueva York, 2005.

BRAND, Stewart,
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built
, Viking, Nueva York, 1994.

BRANDS, H. W.,
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
, Doubleday, Londres, 2000.

BREEN, T. H.,
The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence
, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.

BRETT, Gerard,
Dinner is Served: A History of Dining in England, 1400-1900
, Rupert Hart-Davis, Londres, 1968.

BRIDENBAUGH, Carl,
Early Americans
, Oxford University Press, Nueva York, 1981.

BRIGGS, Asa,
Victorian People: Some Reassessments of People, Institutions, Ideas and Events, 1851-1867
, Odhams Press, Londres 1954.

BRIMBLECOMBE, Peter,
The Big Smoke: A History of Air Pollution in London Since Medieval Times
, Methuen, Londres, 1987.

BRITTAIN-CATLIN, Timothy,
The English Parsonage in the Early Nineteenth Century
, Spire Books, Reading, 2008.

BRODIE, Fawn M.,
Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
, W. W. Norton, Nueva York, 1974.

BROOKE, Iris,
English Costume of the Seventeenth Century
, Adam & Charles Black, Londres, 1934.

BROOKS, John,
Once in Golconda: A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1938
, Harper & Row, Nueva York, 1969.

BROTHWELL, Don y Patricia,
Food in Antiquity: A Survey of the Diet of Early Peoples
, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, I969.

BROWN, Kevin,
The Pox: The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease
, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2006.

BRUNSKILL, Ian y Andrew SANDERS,
Great Victorian Lives: An Era in Obituaries
, Times Books, Londres, 2007.

BRUNSKILL, Ronald,
Building in Britain
, Victor Gollancz, Londres, 1990.

—, y Alec CLIFTON-TAYLOR,
English Brickwork
, Hyperion/Ward Lock, Londres, 1977.

BURCHARD, John y Albert BUSH-BROWN,
The Architecture of America: A Social and Cultural History
, Little, Brown, Boston 1961.

BURKHARDT, Frederick, y Sydney SMITH (eds.),
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1836
, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985.

BURNS, Ric y James SANDERS,
New York: An Illustrated History
, Knopf, Nueva York, 1999.

BUSHMAN, Richard, L.,
The Refinement of America: Persons, Houses, Cities, Vintage Books
, Nueva York, 1992.

BUSVINE, James R.,
Insects and Hygiene: The Biology and Control of Insects Pests of Medical and Domestic Importance in Britain
, Methuen, Londres, 1951.

BYLES, Jeff,
Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition
, Harmony Books, Nueva York, 2005.

CADBURY, Deborah,
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
, Harper Perennial, Londres, 2004.

CALMAN, sir Kenneth C.,
Medical Education: Past, Present and Future
, Churchill Livingstone, Edimburgo, 2007.

CANNADINE, David,
The Pleasures of the Past
, Collins, Londres, 1989.

—,
Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain
, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1994.

—,
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
, Penguin, Londres, 2005.

CARPENTER, Kenneth J.,
The History of Scurvy and Vitamin C
, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1986.

CARSON, Gerald,
The Polite Americans
, William Morrow, Nueva York, 1966.

CARTER, Gwendolen, M.,
The Government of the United Kingdom
, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Nueva York, 1972.

CARTER, W. Hodding,
Flushed: How the Plumber Saved Civilization
, Atria Books, Nueva York, 2006.

CARVER, Martin,
Sutton Hoo: Burial Ground of Kings
, British Museum Press, Londres, 1998.

CASPALL, John,
Fire and Light in the Home pre-1820
, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1987.

CASSIDY, Tina,
Birth: A History
, Chatto & Windus, Londres, 2007.

CATCHPOLE, Antonia, David CLARK y Robert PEDERBY,
Burford: Buildings and People in a Costwold Town
, Phillimore, Londres, 2008.

CATLING, Harold,
The Spinning Mule
, David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1970.

CHADWICK, Edwin,
Report from His Majesty’s Commissioners for Inquiring into the Administration and Practical Operation of the Poor Laws
, B. Fellowes, Londres, 1834.

CHADWICK, George F.,
The Works of Sir Joseph Paxton
, Architectural Press, Londres, 1961.

CHADWICK, Owen,
The Victorian Church
, Adam & Charles Black, Londres, 1970.

CHANDOS, John,
Boys Together: English Public Schools 1800-1864
, Hutchinson, Londres, 1984.

CHISHOLM, Kate,
Fanny Burney: Her Life, 1752-1840
, Chatto & Windus, Londres, 1998.

CHURCHILL, Allen,
The Splendor Seekers
, Grosset & Dunlap, Nueva York, 1974.

CIERAAD, Irene (ed.),
At Home: An Anthropology of Domestic Space
, Syracuse University Press, Siracusa, Nueva York, 1999.

CLARK, H. F.,
The English Landscape Garden
, Pleiades Books, Londres, 1948.

CLELAND, Liza, Mary HARLOW y Lloyd LLEWELLYN-JONES (eds.),
The Clothed Body in the Ancient World
, Oxbow Books, Londres, 2005.

CLIFTON-TAYLOR, Alee,
The Pattern of English Building
, Faber and Faber, Londres, 1987.

CLOUDSEY-THOMPSON, J. L.,
Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes and Mites
, Pergamon Press, Londres, 1968.

COCKAYNE, Emily,
Hubbub: Filth, Noise and Stench in England 1600-1770
, Yale University Press, Nueva York, 2007.

COHEN, Deborah,
Household Gods: The British and Their Possessions
, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006.

COLERIDGE, Arthur,
Chippendale Forniture, Circa 1745-1765
, Clarkson N. Potter, Nueva York, 1968.

COLLEY, Linda,
Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837
, Pimlico, Londres, 1992.

COLLINGWOOD, W. G.,
The Life of John Ruskin
, Methuen and Co., Londres, 1900.

COLLINS, Irene,
Jane Austen: The Parson’s Daughter
, Hambledon Press, 1998.

COLQUHOUN, Kate,
A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton
, Harper Perennial, Londres, 2004.

—,
Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking
, Bloomsbury, Londres, 2007.

CORSON, Richard,
Fashions in Hair: The First Five Thousand Years
, Peter Owen, Londres, 1965.

—,
Fashions in Makeup from Ancient to Modern Times
, Peter Owen, Londres, 2003.

COSSONS, Neil (ed.),
The Making of the Modern World: Milestones of Science and Technology
, John Murray, Londres, 1992.