Familiar Past? Familiar Past?

Familiar Past‪?‬

Archaeologies of Later Historical Britain

Sarah Tarlow & Susie West
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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2002
8 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Taylor & Francis
SIZE
72.2
MB

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