The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life - A Tour Through History from Ancient Times to the Present

Klappentext We build our lives on essential but seemingly mundane things: Food, Shelter, Families, Neighbors, Work, and Play. The unremembered details of people's everyday struggles and successes have shaped history and continue to drive the world we know. This exciting new resouce offers an unprecedented look at human history's living heart: the billions of anonymous men and women often forgotten by historical studies, but without whose lives human history would be meaningless. Perfect for general readers and students of world history, U.S. history, literature, drama, social studies, anthropology, religion, and more, this award-winning resource offers an unprecedented look at how people lived, ate, dressed, worshipped, toiled, played, married and died, and much much more. Organized by timeframe (each volume covers a finite period) and then by topic (Historical Overview, then Domestic, Economic, Intellectual, Material, Political, Recreational, and Religious Life, followed by primary sources), this set will meet the needs of a vast perecentage of library patrons for both curricular studies as well as personal interest areas. Zusammenfassung If we are really to understand history! we must look at people's everyday lives. This text is meant to fill this need and bring into focus the vast majority of human beings whose history is often forgotten.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce E. (EDT) Salisbury
• Assisted by: Gregory Aldrete (Editor), Gregory S. Aldrete (Editor), Aldrete Gregory S. (Editor), Andrew E. Kersten (Editor), Kersten Andrew E. (Editor), Lawrence Morris (Editor), Joyce Salisbury (Editor), Joyce E. Salisbury (Editor), Salisbury Joyce E. (Editor), Peter Seelig (Editor), Seelig Peter (Editor)
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2004
• EAN: 9780313325410
• ISBN: 978-0-313-32541-0
• Dimensions: 229 mm x 292 mm x 235 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Sociology & anthropology, General and world history, Sociology and anthropology, World History: Culture