Description
In this highly readable and delightfully illustrated little book Tom Licence reveals how these everyday minutiae, dug from the ground, contribute to the bigger story of how our great grandparents built a throwaway society from the twin foundations of packaging and mass consumption and illustrates how our own throwaway habits were formed.
About the Author
Tom Licence is a Senior Lecturer in medieval history at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. He specialises in ecclesiastical history, with a particular interest in monastic history in the central Middle Ages. He has published on topics ranging from the spirituality of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller, through Cistercian spirituality, saints' cults, monastic foundation narratives, public spectacle, and the role of hermits and recluses in society. His hobby, however, is hunting for things.
Reviews
This engagingly written and well-illustrated little book explores an aspect of our past that has not received the attention it deserves. * British Archaeology *
uses material culture - and a richly evocative turn of phrase - to offer vivid insights into everyday life * Current Archaeology *
Book Information
ISBN 9781782978756
Author Tom Licence
Format Paperback
Page Count 120
Imprint Oxbow Books
Publisher Oxbow Books