The history of daily life is one of the fastest growing areas of
student inquiry and popular interest. Little wonder it raises so
many mesmerizing questions and makes the familiar fascinating. What
does it mean, for example, that dolls for American girls in the
1870s and 1880s often came complete with caskets and mourning
clothes? Or, when and why did work and leisure become two separate
spheres in most people's lives? What do the foods one eats tell us
about class, gender, or even health? What do our ways of
celebrating holidays tell us about our cultures and ourselves? A
Day in the Life offers the background information needed to start a
serious look at these, and many other, fascinating and vital
questions. Edited and led by Peter N. Stearns, eminent social
historian and Chair of the Advanced Placement World History
committee, this book offers a guided tour of the current state of
scholarship on daily life, providing an indispensable aid to
students and teachers interested in the how's and why's of the
little and big things people do, think, and feel as a matter of
course throughout their lives. Designed to lay out the broader
currents of the scholarship on daily life and the many directions
for inquiry that have recently opened, this book will appeal to
students and teachers alike. It guides readers to the wider
questions raised by studies of normal people in normal times, doing
normal things. Topics covered include: The history of daily life
BLWriting the history of private life The body in health, disease,
and medicine Popular culture, religion, science and education
Material culture Politics, the state, crime, and deviancy Work,
living standards, consumerism Leisure andrecreation Every piece
concludes with an in-depth annotated bibliography that guides
readers to the most important and useful works on the topic and
related issues. along with suggestions for further research. The
work is fully indexed.
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