Daily Life in 18th-Century England
by:
Kirstin Olsen (author)
Eighteenth-century England comes to life in this detailed description of how ordinary people lived, worked, played and died.
Eighteenth-century England comes to life in this detailed description of how ordinary people lived, worked, played and died.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780313299339 (0313299331)
Publish date: June 30th 1999
Publisher: Greenwood
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
This is a textbook, but it's a very readable one and quite interesting if you are curious about the subject, without the academic pretension or dryness that can drag works down. Chapters cover subjects such as food and drink, clothing, entertainment, politics, religion, education, race and class, fa...