Author | : Sarah Tarlow |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2002-01-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1134660359 |
The Familiar Past surveys material culture from 1500 to the present day. Fourteen case studies, grouped under related topics, include discussion of issues such as: * the origins of modernity in urban contexts * the historical anthropology of food * the social and spatial construction of country houses * the social history of a workhouse site * changes in memorial forms and inscriptions * the archaeological treatment of gardens. The Familiar Past has been structured as a teaching text and will be useful to students of history and archaeology.