Description - The Familiar Past by Sarah Tarlow
This volume surveys material culture from 1500 to the present day. Fourteen case studies, grouped under related topics, include discussion of issues such as: the origins of modernity in urban contexts; the historical anthropology of food; the social and spatial construction of country houses; the social history of a workhouse site; changes in memorial forms and inscriptions; and the archaeological treatment of gardens.
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