social history

Examines the daily lives of all social classes of Medieval society including childhood and adolescence, education, clergy and the nobility, courtship and marriage, discipline, and the changing societal views of children.

Provides information about the daily lives of people who lived in the 1400s, covering every level of society from royalty to peasants; discussing hairstyles and fashion, entertainment, battle techniques, the justice system, housing, marriage customs, and other topics.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of American social history, covering physical space, food, clothing, housing, recreation, popular culture, and other topics. Includes cross-references, quotations, a glossary, sidebars, and an index.

Provides information about the people, groups, organizations, art, music, ideas, events, locations, and authors related to the counterculture of the 1960s.

Examines the conditions of women in medieval European society, discussing their positions in the home, in religion, and as workers.

Illustrations and simple text describe how children during the Middle Ages lived, played, and worked.

Describes how ordinary people lived from the Stone Age chronologically through to the 20th century.