Merritt Ierley is the author of Open House: A Guided Tour of the American Home 1637-Present , published in March by Henry Holt, from which this article is adapted.
Robert P. Ingalls is emeritus professor of history at the University of South Florida, where he taught from 1974 to 2008. He also served as the managing editor of Tampa Bay History.
Steve Inskeep is host of NPR's Morning Edition, and he has been a guest on numerous TV programs including ABC’s This Week,NBC’s Meet the Press, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, CNN’s Insi
Maurice Isserman is a Professor of History at Hamilton College who specializes in modern U.S. History, American radical movements, and global exploration and mountaineering.