Sleeping Around

Informationen zum Autor Annie Carlano is senior curator and Bobbie Sumberg is curator of textiles and costume at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. Klappentext A lively tour of beds and sleeping customs over time and around the world, exploring the myriad ways in which humans have gone about trying to get a good night's sleep. Zusammenfassung There's more than one way to make a bed! and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book! illustrated with 140 images! takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / Joyce Ice Preface Acknowledgments Introduction / Annie Carlano 1. Sleeping Low / Bobbie Sumberg 2. Sleeping High / Annie Carlano 3. Sleeping in the Closet / Annie Carlano 4. Sleeping on the Move / Bobbie Sumberg 5. Sleeping on the Road / Bobbie Sumberg 6. Sleeping in the Modern World / Annie Carlano 7. Sleeping Small / Bobbie Sumberg 8. Sleeping Forever . . . and Ever / Bobbie Sumberg Photography Credits Index

Autorentext
Annie Carlano is senior curator and Bobbie Sumberg is curator of textiles and costume at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.

Klappentext
A lively tour of beds and sleeping customs over time and around the world, exploring the myriad ways in which humans have gone about trying to get a good night's sleep.

Zusammenfassung
There's more than one way to make a bed, and humans throughout history have devised every sort they could imagine. This book, illustrated with 140 images, takes readers on a tour of beds and sleeping customs around the world. It offers a look at the history of beds and - under the impetus of both functional needs and aesthetic tastes.

Inhalt
Foreword / Joyce Ice

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Annie Carlano

1. Sleeping Low / Bobbie Sumberg

2. Sleeping High / Annie Carlano

3. Sleeping in the Closet / Annie Carlano

4. Sleeping on the Move / Bobbie Sumberg

5. Sleeping on the Road / Bobbie Sumberg

6. Sleeping in the Modern World / Annie Carlano

7. Sleeping Small / Bobbie Sumberg

8. Sleeping Forever . . . and Ever / Bobbie Sumberg

Photography Credits

Index

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