Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series – serie
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Daily Life during the French Revolution
Inbunden, 2007
809 kr
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The French Revolution sought to change daily life itself. This book looks at the thirteen years between 1789-1802 that experienced the Terror, banning of the aristocracy, and the rearrangement of the calendar. No part of French life was left untouched during this incredible period of turmoil and …
Daily Life in the Soviet Union
Inbunden, 2004
882 kr
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Details what ordinary life was like during the extraordinary years of the reign of Soviet Union. Thirty-six illustrations, thematic chapters, a glossary, timeline, annotated multimedia bibliography, and detailed index make it a sound starting point for looking at this powerful nation's immediate …
Daily Life of the Vikings
Av Kirsten Wolf
Inbunden, 2004
809 kr
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Though infamous for their violent marauding, Vikings were but one part of the complex Scandinavian culture from which they emerged. This excellent and intimate study goes beyond the rumors of the fury of the Northmen, into the prosaic realities of the greater Scandinavian community, and is ideal …
Daily Life in Traditional China
The Tang Dynasty
Av Charles Benn
E-bok, 2001
935 kr
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This thorough exploration of the aspects of everyday life in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) provides fascinating insight into a culture and time that is often misunderstood, especially by those from western cultures. Here students will find the details of what life was really like for …
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939
Decades of Promise and Pain
E-bok, 2001
883 kr
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During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology exerted major influences on the daily lives of ordinary people. Explore how everyday living changed during these years when use of automobiles and home electrification first became …
Daily Life in Medieval Europe
E-bok, 1999
440 kr
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Explore the Middle Ages, a complex and often misunderstood period in European history, through this vivid examination. Details of everyday living recreate the time period for modern readers, conveying the foreignness of the medieval world while bringing it into focus. The volume provides a …
Daily Life on the Old Colonial Frontier
Av James M. Volo, Dorothy Volo
E-bok, 2002
933 kr
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The frontier region was the interface between the American wilderness and European-style civilization. To the Europeans, the frontier teemed with undomesticated and unfamiliar beasts. Even its indigenous peoples seemed perplexing, uninhibited, and violent. The frontier wasn't just a place, but a …
Daily Life in the Roman City
Rome, Pompeii, and Ostia
E-bok, 2004
883 kr
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Despite the fact that the majority of the inhabitants of the Roman Empire lived an agricultural existence and thus resided outside of urban centers, there is no denying the fact that the core of Roman civilization—its essential culture and politics—was based in cities. Even at the furthest …
Daily Life in the Mongol Empire
Av George Lane
E-bok, 2006
963 kr
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The Mongol Empire comes to life in this vivid account of the lives of ordinary people who lived under the rule of Ghengis Khan. The book allows the reader to enjoy traditional Mongol folktales and experience life in a yurt, the tent in which the nomadic Mongols lived. It explains why the Mongols …
Daily Life in Arthurian Britain
E-bok, 2013
369 kr
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This book surveys current archaeological and historical thinking about the dimly understood characteristics of daily life in Great Britain during the fifth and sixth centuries. Arthurian legends are immensely popular and well known despite the lack of reliable documentation about this time period …
Daily Life during the Black Death
E-bok, 2006
963 kr
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Daily life during the Black Death was anything but normal. When plague hit a community, every aspect of life was turned upside down, from relations within families to its social, political, and economic stucture. Theaters emptied, graveyards filled, and the streets were ruled by the terrible …
Daily Life of Native Americans in the Twentieth Century
E-bok, 2006
857 kr
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Donald Fixico, one of the foremost scholars on Native Americans, details the day-to-day lives of these indigenous people in the 20th century. As they moved from living among tribes in the early 1900s to the cities of mainstream America after WWI and WWII, many Native Americans grappled with being …
Daily Life During the American Revolution
Av Dorothy Volo, James M. Volo
E-bok, 2003
421 kr
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How did the patriot army dress themselves? What was the British soldier's food ration and what were women's roles during the revolution? What types of weapons did the combatants use and how large were the naval vessels of the day? This engaging and informative resource on the social and material …
Daily Life in a Medieval Monastery
Av Sherri Olson
E-bok, 2013
883 kr
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A study of life inside medieval monasteries that explores monastic spirituality, daily routines, contact with the outside world, and the historical impact of these foundational institutions on the Western world. How did the Western monastic tradition begin? What was monastic life typically like for …
Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World
E-bok, 2005
963 kr
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From the time of its birth in Mecca in the 7th century C.E., Islam and the Islamic world rapidly expanded outward, extending to Spain and West Africa in the west, and to Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent in the east. An examination of the daily life in these Islamic regions provides insight …
Daily Life in the Soviet Union
E-bok, 2004
963 kr
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Details what ordinary life was like during the extraordinary years of the reign of Soviet Union. Thirty-six illustrations, thematic chapters, a glossary, timeline, annotated multimedia bibliography, and detailed index make it a sound starting point for looking at this powerful nation's immediate …
Daily Life during the French Revolution
E-bok, 2007
883 kr
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The French Revolution sought to change daily life itself. This book looks at the thirteen years between 1789-1802 that experienced the Terror, banning of the aristocracy, and the rearrangement of the calendar. No part of French life was left untouched during this incredible period of turmoil and …
Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire
Av Mehrdad Kia
E-bok, 2011
369 kr
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This book provides a general overview of the daily life in a vast empire which contained numerous ethnic, linguistic, and religious communities. The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic imperial monarchy that existed for over 600 years. At the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries, it …
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America
[4 Volumes]
E-bok, 2008
5511 kr
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The course of daily life in the United States has been a product of tradition, environment, and circumstance. How did the Civil War alter the lives of women, both white and black, left alone on southern farms? How did the Great Depression change the lives of working class families in eastern …
Daily Life in Stuart England
E-bok, 2007
864 kr
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England witnessed an overall rising standard of living in the seventeenth century. Still very much an agrarian society, approximately 80% of the population lived in rural settlements, and even citydwellers were in walking distance of farmland. However, as the the century came to an end a growing …
Daily Life in the United States, 1940-1959
Shifting Worlds
E-bok, 2000
864 kr
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Examine the everyday lives of ordinary Americans from the 1940s and 1950s and discover how very different the two decades were. World War II affected Americans and the way they behaved, not only in the 1940s, but also in the years that followed when the depression that preceded the war was replaced …
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1939
Decades of Promise and Pain
Inbunden, 2001
809 kr
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During the 1920s and 1930s, changes in the American population, increasing urbanization, and innovations in technology exerted major influences on the daily lives of ordinary people. Explore how everyday living changed during these years when use of automobiles and home electrification first became …
Daily Life on the Nineteenth Century American Frontier
Inbunden, 1998
809 kr
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The nineteenth century American frontier comes alive for students and interested readers in this unique exploration of westward expansion. This study examines the daily lives of ordinary men and women who flooded into the Trans-Mississippi West in search of land, fortune, a fresh start, and a new …
Daily Life in Medieval Europe
Inbunden, 1999
809 kr
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Explore the Middle Ages, a complex and often misunderstood period in European history, through this vivid examination. Details of everyday living recreate the time period for modern readers, conveying the foreignness of the medieval world while bringing it into focus. The volume provides a …
Daily Life of the Ancient Romans
Av David Matz
Inbunden, 2001
809 kr
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Use this fascinating reference resource to find out what it meant to be a typical Ancient Roman. Using plenty of anecdotal material written by Romans themselves, this volume explores the ins and outs of daily living for ordinary people, from their homes, to the foods they ate, to the sports and …
Daily Life in Traditional China
The Tang Dynasty
Av Charles Benn
Inbunden, 2001
882 kr
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This thorough exploration of the aspects of everyday life in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) provides fascinating insight into a culture and time that is often misunderstood, especially by those from western cultures. Here students will find the details of what life was really like for …
Daily Life in the Age of Sail
Av Dorothy Volo, James M. Volo
Inbunden, 2001
882 kr
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From the Thirteenth century through the Nineteenth, the waterways of the world provided the major means of transportation for exploration, trade, the military, and even criminals. Find out what life was like for those who chose to sail the high seas, as well as for those who didn't choose to be on …
Daily Life During the Spanish Inquisition
Inbunden, 2002
856 kr
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The life of persecuted minorities, as well as that of the wealthy and the ordinary people of Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, comes alive in this illuminating account. For three and a half centuries, the Inquisition permeated every aspect of daily life in early modern Spain. This history …
Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne
Av John J. Butt
Inbunden, 2002
809 kr
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During Charlemagne's time, life was full of ordinary difficulties: the food supply could be depleted quickly by a bad growing season; most people had no access to artificial lighting; childbearing was extremely dangerous for both the child and the mother. This book covers topics ranging from food, …
Daily Life in the Medieval Islamic World
Inbunden, 2005
856 kr
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From the time of its birth in Mecca in the 7th century C.E., Islam and the Islamic world rapidly expanded outward, extending to Spain and West Africa in the west, and to Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent in the east. An examination of the daily life in these Islamic regions provides insight …
