×


 x 

Shopping cart
7%OFFPhilippe Ariès - History of Private Life - 9780674400023 - V9780674400023
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

History of Private Life

€ 54.41
€ 50.42
You save € 3.99!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for History of Private Life Paperback. An examination of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This volume celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centures. Editor(s): Aries, Philippe; Duby, Georges. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 655 pages, 16 color illustrations, 426 halftones. BIC Classification: 1Q; HBG; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Readers interested in history, and in the development of the modern sensibility, will relish this large-scale yet intimately detailed examination of the blossoming of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This third in the popular five-volume series celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centuries.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
655
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674400023
SKU
V9780674400023
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Philippe Ariès
Georges Duby, a member of the Académie Française, is Professor of Medieval History at the Collège de France.

Reviews for History of Private Life
In the original sense of the term, A History of Private Life is a series of essays: attempts at a new, non-narrative kind of history. Sumptuously illustrated with pictures, maps, and photographs, the book is a feast for the eye; it is fascinating, often compelling in its exquisite details… A kaleidoscopic effect is doubtless part of the authors’ purpose: to ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for History of Private Life


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!