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WORLD HISTORY / GENERAL

GREENWOOD SERIES
Daily Life

What was life really like for ordinary people in other cultures throughout history? How did they raise their children? What did they do
for fun? From sexual mores in ancient Egypt to resistance music in modern Latin America, and from the fashion sense of the Mongols
to the importance of film in modern India, the world comes alive in the indispensable hands-on volumes of this award-winning series.
A truly interdisciplinary resource, the Daily Life series covers arts; religion; food; literature; language; romance; rites of passage and
coming of age; marriage customs; social and government structure; sickness and cures; warfare; sports and games; holidays; festivals;
and more. With direct ties to the curriculum and supported by the most current research, these authoritative volumes are organized in
an accessible narrative chapter format, and supplemented with photos, maps, and other ready reference materials, Daily Life volumes
are ideal sources for general readers and students of world history, United States history, social studies, anthropology, religion,
literature, arts, and more.
The World of NEW The World of

Ancient Rome The World of Ancient Egypt
A Daily Life Encyclopedia A Daily Life Encyclopedia
Renaissance Italy
2 VOLUMES | JAMES W. ERMATINGER 2 VOLUMES | PETER LACOVARA
A Daily Life Encyclopedia
2 VOLUMES | JOSEPH P. BYRNE

GREENWOOD GREENWOOD
August 2015, 813pp, 7x10 November 2016, 585pp, 7x10
Print: 978-1-4408-2907-9 GREENWOOD Print: 978-1-61069-229-8
$189.00, £146.00, €172.00 June 2017, 797pp, 7x10 $198.00, £153.00, €180.00
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“ starting point. eBook: 978-1-4408-2960-4 “ as general readers, this is a
Gives researchers . . . a good
Aimed at students as well
”
—Booklist, January 13, 2016 Students of the Italian Renaissance sound addition to most general
who wish to go beyond the standard collections.
This study of Ancient Rome offers a names and subjects will find in this ”
fascinating glimpse of what Roman text abundant information on the lives, —Booklist, March 16, 2017
society was like—from fashion, to customs, beliefs, and practices of those This absorbing reference covers
food, to politics and recreation— who lived during this exciting time everyday life in ancient Egypt, spanning
gathered from literary works, art, and period. a period of more than 5,000 years—
archaeological remains. from the Stone Age to the advent of
JOSEPH P. BYRNE, PhD, is professor Christianity.
JAMES W. ERMATINGER, PhD, is of honors humanities at Belmont
dean of the college of liberal arts and University in Nashville, TN.
sciences and professor of history at the PETER LACOVARA, PhD, is director
University of Illinois Springfield. of the Ancient Egyptian Heritage and
Archaeology Fund.

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