Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 24)

Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 24)

Editorial Reviews
Stanley Abercrombie, Interior Design
"A fresh and fascinating history of France from the middle of the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th, seen from the unusual perspective of a single commodity: furniture." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

M. T. Scholz, Choice
"A fascinating study of the relationship among furniture, taste, and power structures in France . . . particularly Auslander's analysis of the evolution of a feminine public sphere oriented around the politics of domestic space and social power." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 24)

Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 24),Leora Auslander,University of California Press,0520213653,Europe - France,Furniture,History - General History,Social Science,Sociology,Sociology - General,Cultural studies,Furniture & cabinetmaking,History / General,Interior design,Social history

Book Contents:

1. Terence Conran on Restaurants
2. The Art of Arranging Silk Flowers
3. The Conclusive Argument from God: Shah Wali Allah of Delhi's Hujjat Allah Al-Baligha (Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Science)
4. The Essence of Home : Design Solutions for Assisted Living Housing
5. The Feats of the Knowers of God: Manaqeb Al-Arefin (Islamic History and Civilization)
6. The 'Heathen in His Blindness...': Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion (Studies in the History of Religions)
7. The Imperial Cult in the Latin West: Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire : Provincial Cult : The Provincial Priesthood (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World)
8. The Magic Flute: Die Zauberflote. an Alchemical Allegory
9. The Relaxed Home
10. The Scented Home : Natural Recipes in the French Tradition

Book Contents

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