Hearth and home - a history of material culture
Häftad bok. Indiana Univ. Press. 1989. 437 sidor.
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An international authority on the geography and economic history of medieval and early modern Europe, Pound has written a broad synthesis of previous research on the material culture of Europe from prehistoric times to the advent of the consumer society. How did ordinary human beings obtain the basic necessities of food, clothing, and shelter? How did the land, climate, and environment shape people's material culture? What foods were grown, how, and how were they prepared for eating--for the peasant in a cottage to King Henry IV of England at his coronation? What material conditions shaped the patterns of births and deaths? How did continual technological changes affect these questions? The direct, lucid style and many maps and line drawings will make this comprehensive work attractive to the general reader and a useful reference tool for the scholar.
- Bennett D. Hill, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D.C.
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780253327123
- Titel
- Hearth and home - a history of material culture
- Författare
- Pounds, Norman John Greville
- Förlag
- Indiana Univ. Press
- Utgivningsår
- 1989
- Omfång
- 437 sidor