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Gallagher, Winifred.

House thinking : a room-by-room look at how we live / Winifred Gallagher.

1st ed.

New York : HarperCollins, ©2006.

xix, 329 pages ; 24 cm

Bringing together elements of behavioral science, cultural history, and interviews with designers and architects, a journalist and cultural critic provides a psychological tour of the American home--past, present, and future.

Housing -- United States -- Psychological aspects.

Architecture, Domestic -- Psychological aspects.

Identity (Psychology) -- United States.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and index.

Why there's no place like home -- Home: when we see it, we know what we like -- The entry and plan: who you are is where you're at -- The living room: decoro ergo sum -- The kitchen: woman's work is never done? -- The dining room: status and stuff -- The great room: same time, same place -- The bedroom: behind closed doors -- The bathroom: mirror, mirror on the wall -- The child's room: a place to call one's own -- The basement: doing it yourself -- The office: home work -- The garden: outside or in -- The second home: domesticity to go -- The neighborhood: no home is an island -- Suggested reading -- Web resources.

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