You should also look at Matthew Johnson's An Archaeology of Capitalism, 
especially chapter 7.

geoff carver wrote:
> there was something on shared meals & separating things from stews in 
> "small things forgotten," but i don't remember room layout there; 
> there was something almost encyclopaedic from the annales school; 
> braudel's "social history 15-18 centuries"? i only have the german 
> edition here; maybe something by bourdieu?
> ----- Original Message ----- Subject: Concept of Space and Privacy
>
>
>> Some years ago, I read a book about the development of the concept of 
>> the
>> use of space and privacy between the 16th and 18th century. I seem to 
>> recall the
>> earliest common space correlated to taverns and only the aristocracy 
>> used
>> private sleeping rooms. Does anyone have source materials for this 
>> concept and
>> how it might translate into layout of towns and internal building use in
>> America?