The development of the idea of the home delves into issues such as privacy, domesticity, efficiency, and analyzes the social and cultural factors that shaped them
Acknowledgments
xi
Foreword
xv
House as a Mirror of Self
1
(16)
The Special Places of Childhood
17
(30)
Growing Up: Self-Expression in the Homes of Adulthood
47
(32)
Always or Never Leaving Home
79
(28)
Becoming More Fully Ourselves: Evolving Self-Image as Reflected in Our Homes
107
(26)
Becoming Partners: Power Struggles in Making a Home Together
133
(26)
Living and Working: Territory, Control, and Privacy at Home
159
(30)
Where to Live? Self-Image and Location
189
(30)
The Lost House: Disruptions in the Bonding with Home
