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Overview"In this fascinating guide to European homes, families, and possessions of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, Raffaella Sarti invites us to return to earlier times and observe the daily lives of masters and servants, parents and children, husbands and wives. ""This vivid book takes readers through the daily life of European families at every economic level over three centuries. . . . This book, with its clear writing and wealth of arresting details, will fascinate and beguile the general reader.""-Atlantic Monthly ""The most fascinating work I have read [this year].""-Eric Hobsbawn, BBC History Magazine ""Like a miracle, Raffaella Sarti brings our European ancestors to life.""-Jacques le Goff ""Sarti deals with a subject of widespread curiosity: how people actually lived in the past. Hers is a wonderful book, tackling questions about housing, furnishings, food, dining, and clothes, and providing one fascinating discussion after another.""-David Kertzer, Brown University" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raffaella Sarti , Allan CameronPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780300102598ISBN 10: 0300102593 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 11 March 2004 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsLike a miracle, Raffaella Sarti brings our European ancestors to life. """Like a miracle, Raffaella Sarti brings our European ancestors to life.""" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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