The structures of everyday life : the limits of the possible / Fernand Braudel; translation from the French by Siân Reynolds
1981. London : Collins. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #442383
ISBN: 0002163039
Physical description: 623 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Series: Civilization and capitalism . . 15th-18th Century ; v. 1Contents
Partial contents 1. Weight of numbers -- 2. Daily bread -- 3. Superfluity and sufficiency : food and drink -- 4. Superfluity and sufficiency : houses, clothes and fashion -- 5. The spread of technology : sources of energy, metallurgy -- 6. The spread of technology : revolution and delays -- 7. Money -- 8. Towns and cities -- Conclusion. Subjects: Social history Medieval, 500-1500. Civilization, Modern History. Economic history 1600-1750.
Price: €48.95