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Early anthropology in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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ISBN: 081221014X 0812273451 0812206711 1283899140 0585172641 Year: 1971 Publisher: Philadelphia : ©1964 University of Pennsylvania Press,

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Although social sciences such as anthropology are often thought to have been organized as academic specialties in the nineteenth century, the ideas upon which these disciplines were founded actually developed centuries earlier. In fact, the foundational concepts can be traced at least as far back as the sixteenth century, when contact with unfamiliar peoples in the New World led Europeans to create ways of describing and understanding social similarities and differences among humans. Early Anthropology in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries examines the history of some of the ideas adopted to help understand the origin of culture, the diversity of traits, the significance of similarities, the sequence of high civilizations, the course of cultural change, and the theory of social evolution. It is a book that not only illuminates the thinking of a bygone age but also sheds light on the sources of attitudes still prevalent today.


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De Herberg in de Nederlanden : een blik in de beschavingsgeschiedenis.
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ISBN: 906235016X Year: 1977 Publisher: Arnhem Gysbers en Van Loon

The culture of the English people : Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution
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ISBN: 0521450993 0521466717 051156130X Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This wide-ranging book, first published in 1994, traces the development of popular culture in England from the Iron Age, when it first becomes apparent as a whole, to the eighteenth century. The concept of popular culture is here taken to be the body of ideas which is held by a people about itself and its environment, both physical and social, together with the tools and artefacts through which its members related to one another and to the outside world; it follows therefore that the general theme of the book is peoples' attitude to, and use of, their environment. After a short discussion of the Prehistoric and Roman cultures the book deals in depth with the essential foundations - shelter and housing, warmth and security, furnishings and domestic convenience, food and its preparation, and ultra-familial and ultra-communal relations. A separate chapter is devoted to the culture of towns. The text is illustrated throughout by objects, artefacts and structures, many of which are visual representations of earlier cultures.


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Eenvoudig maar voedzaam : cultuurgeschiedenis van de dagelijkse maaltijd in Nederland.
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ISBN: 9061684277 Year: 1996 Volume: *1 Publisher: Nijmegen SUN


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Entwicklungsstrukturen von Verhaltensstandarden : eine soziologische Prozessanalyse auf der Grundlage deutscher Anstands- und Manierenbücher von 1870 - 1970.
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ISBN: 3518576909 Year: 1984 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Suhrkamp


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How to read a suit
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ISBN: 9781350071162 1350071161 9781350071209 135007120X 9781350071186 9781350071179 135007117X 1350071196 1350071188 9781350071193 Year: 2020 Publisher: London [England] [London, England]

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"Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Suit is an authoritative visual guide to the under-explored area of men's fashion across four centuries. Each entry includes annotated color images of historical garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments. Readers will learn how garments were constructed and where their inspiration stemmed from at key points in history - as well as how menswear has varied in type, cut, detailing and popularity according to the occasion and the class, age and social status of the wearer. This lavishly illustrated book is the ideal tool for anyone who has ever wanted to know their Chesterfield from their Ulster coat. Equipping the reader with all the information they need to 'read' menswear, this is the ultimate guide for students, researchers, and anyone interested in historical fashion."--


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Luxury in the Low Countries : miscellaneous reflections on Netherlandish material culture, 1500 to the present.

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“Le superflu, chose très nécessaire”, schreef Voltaire in 1736 in zijn gedicht Le Mondain. Luxe is echter veel meer dan ‘gematerialiseerde overbodigheid’. Deze publicatie focust op verschillende vormen van opzichtige materiële cultuur in de Lage Landen van 1500 tot vandaag. Eerder dan voor de hand liggende cases van luxe te bestuderen, tast dit boek de grenzen van het begrip luxe af. Twee onderwerpen komen uitgebreid aan bod: het aanleggen van verzamelingen en het produceren/consumeren van voedsel als expressiemiddelen van welvaart en pracht en praal. Met bijdragen van gerenommeerde internationale onderzoekers uit diverse disciplines zoals archeologie, geschiedenis, literatuur- en mediastudies, kunstgeschiedenis, linguïstiek en historische etnologie.

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