Familiar Past?

<p><em>The Familiar Past</em> surveys material culture from 1500 to the present day. Fourteen case studies grouped under related topics include discussion of issues such as:<br> * the origins of modernity in urban contexts<br> * the historical anthropology of food<br> * the social and spatial construction of country houses<br> * the social history of a workhouse site<br> * changes in memorial forms and inscriptions<br> * the archaeological treatment of gardens.<br><em>The Familiar Past</em> has been structured as a teaching text and will be useful to students of history and archaeology.</p>