JOYCE E. SALISBURY is Frankenthal Professor of History at University of Wisconsin — Green Bay. She has a Ph.D. in Medieval History from Rutgers University. Professor Salisbury is an award-winning teacher: She was named CASE (Council for Advance and Support of Education) Professor of the Year for Wisconsin in 1991, and has brought her concern for pedagogy to this Encyclopedia. Professor Salisbury has written or edited more than ten books, including the award-winning Perpetua's Passion: Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman, The Beast Within: Animals in the Middle Ages, Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World, and The West in the World, a successful Western Civilization textbook.
Salisbury (history, Univ. of Wisconsin), the author of Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World and other titles on culture in history, has edited a carefully crafted encyclopedia designed for those without a background in cultural history. Based on Greenwood's "Daily Life Through History" series, the work provides an overview of the material, domestic, recreational, religious, political, intellectual, and economic aspects of daily life in a selection of cultures from six broad historical periods: the ancient world, the medieval world, the 15th and 16th centuries, the 17th and 18th centuries, the 19th century, and the modern world. Each of the six volumes gives a survey of the historical period in each culture covered, which is representative rather than exhaustive, then covers aspects of daily life from broad topics to narrower. Bottom Line Although some primary documents are included and recommended readings are listed, the work is not intended as a research guide for advanced students of culture. It is, however, useful for students and is thus recommended for high school and undergraduate libraries, as well as public libraries where there is an interest in the "Daily Life" series. [See also the review of Greenwood Daily Life Online, p. 28ff. Ed.] Rosanne M. Cordell, Indiana Univ. Lib., South Bend Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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