by Lionel Casson (1998)
In Everyday Life in Ancient Rome, Lionel Casson offers a lively introduction to the society of the age. Instead of following the standard procedure of social history, he presents a series of vignettes focusing on the "ways of life" of various members of that society, from the slave to the emperor.
Wayne Norton
From Mary and Bill...to Nelson and Phil...to Kami the Fish, apple crate labels and more...this new collection of writing and photographs covers a surprisingly broad range of topics. Local historian Wayne Norton presents some fresh perspectives, takes a second look at a few familiar themes and offers impressions of Kamloops as once it was - not so very long ago.
Yves Blanchard
Le livre bien écrit a des lacunes et parfois prend le ton d'une pub pour Thales. C'est une bonne synthèse des dizaines d'ouvrages anglo-saxons sur le sujet et il y ajoute le point de vue français. Il a le mérite d’exister. On regrettera que l'auteur règle l'échec de PARKA(sic) en deux lignes, ne reconnaît pas le 584 comme le "papa" du Cotal, oublie l'ANTPS1, etc... Toutefois il reconnaît la contribution allemande trop souvent oubliée. Le titre enfin est une belle exagération : un siècle d’innovations ? On pourrait ainsi dire de l’hélicoptère « 500 ans de vol… ! » (Leonardo da Vinci)
Geoffrey Blainey
'Black kettle and full moon' is a guided tour of vanished Australia. It covers the years from the first gold rush to World War 1. Blainey paints a fascinating picture of how our forebears lived and looks at aspects of social life.
Rhys Isaac
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Rhys Isaac describes and analyzes the dramatic confrontations-primarily religious and political-that transformed Virginia in the second half of the eighteenth century. Making use of the observational techniques of the cultural anthropologist, Isaac vividly recreates and painstakingly dissects a society in the turmoil of profound inner change.