Download or read book A Guide to the Artifacts of Colonial America written by Ivor Noël Hume and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2001-06-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in print, this is the most accurate and useful reference for identifying Anglo-American colonial artifacts.
Download or read book Growing up with a Chamber Pot written by Sue Burdick Gwaltney and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic and humorous look at life in the fifties, author Sue Gwaltneys true story recalls the carefree days of rock and roll, cool cars, fast horses, and zany adventures all contained within the framework of Christian upbringing, showing respect to our elders,...and having the courtesy to always close the gates behind us!
Download or read book Exceptional Spaces written by Della Pollock and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking interdisciplinary and diverse approaches, these thirteen essays explore the multifaceted relationship between performance and history. By considering performance as both a useful frame for understanding historical practices and a mode of historical
Download or read book Gone to Pot written by Philmore P. Potts (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toilets and Chamber Pots written by Renáta Sedláčková and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evil Eye written by Alan Dundes and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evil eye--the power to inflict illness, damage to property, or even death simply by gazing at or praising someone--is among the most pervasive and powerful folk beliefs in the Indo-European and Semitic world. It is also one of the oldest, judging from its appearance in the Bible and in Sumerian texts five thousand years old. Remnants of the superstition persist today when we drink toasts, tip waiters, and bless sneezers. To avert the evil eye, Muslim women wear veils, baseball players avoid mentioning a no-hitter in progress, and traditional Jews say their business or health is "not bad" (rather than "good"). Though by no means universal, the evil eye continues to be a major factor in the behavior of millions of people living in the Mediterranean and Arab countries, as well as among immigrants to the Americas. This widespread superstition has attracted the attention of many scholars, and the twenty-one essays gathered in this book represent research from diverse perspectives: anthropology, classics, folklore studies, ophthalmology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, sociology, and religious studies. Some essays are fascinating reports of beliefs about the evil eye, from India and Iran to Scotland and Slovak-American communities; others analyze the origin, function, and cultural significance of this folk belief from ancient times to the present day. Editor Alan Dundes concludes the volume by proffering a comprehensive theoretical explanation of the evil eye. Anyone who has ever knocked on wood to ward off misfortune will enjoy this generous sampling of evil eye scholarship, and may never see the world through the same eyes again.
Download or read book Makers and Users written by Ann Smart Martin and published by Chazen Museum of Art. This book was released on 1999 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, American furniture and prints as well as English ceramics from a Milwaukee collection tell stories of stylistic change, regional preference, solutions of technological problems, and how Americans responded to English, European, Asian, and African influences.
Download or read book The Country House Servant written by Pamela A Sambrook and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2002-05-13 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One 19th century footman complained about the work involved in drawing more than 40 baths for his household, yet Lady Grenville felt no compunction in describing her footman as a "lazy flunkey". For centuries a large body of domestic servants was an often unappreciated foundation for the smooth running of a household. Today, the warrens of "domestic offices" intrigue visitors. This book makes sense of these and the social structures behind them. It describes the skills, equipment, cleaning methods and work organization of the housemaid, laundrymaid, footman, valet and hall-boy - the servants who spent their days polishing fine furniture, and washing brilliant chandeliers, but also sponging filthy riding habits, and washing babies' nappies. The author also looks at how servants spent their leisure time. One footman enjoyed rowing on the lake every morning before work, while others had to sit up late at night sewing their own work-dresses. Contemporary manuals, diaries, accounts and first hand recollections provide a vivid insight into what life was really like for those in domestic service. A wealth of photographs, engravings and panels illustrate the domestic workings of country houses, many now looked after by the National Trust. This is an absorbing book for social historians and visitors to country houses alike.
Download or read book The Adventures of Chucky and Ginger as Told to Little Cowboy written by Jarles Alberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chucky and Mother were home the day the deliveryman brought the crate into their living room. They could not imagine what might be in such a big box, but Mother let little Chucky open the crate by himself even though he was only three years old. Inside was the most beautiful puppy he had ever seen. Chucky named the pup Ginger, and she became part of their family. From the moment they met, Chucky and Ginger loved one another; the bond between them would last for many years. During the summer of 1952, Chucky, Ginger, and their whole family prepared to move from their home in Kansas to a new home in Indiana. Before making the big trip, though, it was decided: they would all spend the summer in North Carolina. Grandmother and Granddaddy South lived on a tobacco farm, and upon Chucky's arrival, the adventures begin. Chucky and his sister Sandy explore to their hearts' content. Even uncles and aunts join in the fun as one loving family spends a magical summer together.
Download or read book Historical Archaeology Through a Western Lens written by Mark Warner and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exploration of Western historical archaeologists' role in American regionalism and a call for creating archaeologies of the West as an alternative to the isolated archaeologists working in the West"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Sherds of History written by Myriam Arcangeli and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ceramics serve as one of the best-known artifacts excavated by archaeologists. They are carefully described, classified, and dated, but rarely do scholars consider their many and varied uses. Breaking from this convention, Myriam Arcangeli examines potsherds from four colonial sites in the Antillean island of Guadeloupe to discover what these everyday items tell us about the people who used them. In the process, she reveals a wealth of information about the lives of the elite planters, the middle and lower classes, and enslaved Africans. By analyzing how the people of Guadeloupe used ceramics—whether jugs for transporting and purifying water, pots for cooking, or pearlware for eating—Arcangeli spotlights the larger social history of Creole life. What emerges is a detail rich picture of water consumption habits, changing foodways, and concepts of health. Sherds of History offers a compelling and novel study of the material record and the “ceramic culture” it represents to broaden our understanding of race, class, and gender in French-colonial societies in the Caribbean and the United States. Arcangeli’s innovative interpretation of the material record will challenge the ways archaeologists analyze ceramics.
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Angela s Ashes written by Frank McCourt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-05-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies
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