A Day in a Working Life [3 volumes] : 300 Trades and Professions through History [3 volumes] /: 300 Trades and Professions through History [3 volumes]. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Westfahl.
• Authors: Westfahl, Gary
• Contents: PrefaceVOLUME 1 Prehistory, Beginnings–1000 bceIntroductionAnimal HerdersCave PaintersChieftainsFarmersFishersFood PreparersGatherersHealersHuntersMetalworkersPottersShamansTextile WorkersToolmakersWarriorsAncient Egypt and the Near East, 3200–500 bceIntroductionArchitectsBoat BuildersCarpentersEmbalmersFarmersFood PreparersMinersOfficialsPaintersPharaohsPriests and PriestessesProphetsScribesSlavesSoldiersStonemasonsStorytellersAncient Asia, 3000 bce–500 ceIntroductionAcrobatsArchitectsCalligraphersEmperorsFarmersHydraulic EngineersJewelersMerchantsMusiciansPhilosophersPoetsScholarsSculptorsShamansWarriorsWeaversAncient Greece, 2000–30 bceIntroductionActorsArchitectsAthletesFarmersHistoriansHousehold ManagersMathematiciansMerchantsMetalworkersOratorsPhilosophersPhysiciansPlaywrightsPoetsPriests and PriestessesSailorsSculptorsSlavesSoldiersTyrantsAncient Rome, 1000 bce–500 ceIntroductionBarbers and HairdressersCooksCouriersEmperorsFarmersGladiatorsGlassblowersHistoriansHousehold ManagersOratorsPopesPriestsProstitutesSatiristsSenatorsSlavesSoldiersTutors and TeachersVestal VirginsWinemakersThe Byzantine Empire and Russia, 300–1500IntroductionActors and DancersArchitectsBishopsEmperors and EmpressesEunuchsFarmersGoldsmithsJewelersMerchantsPhysiciansSailorsSoldiersThe Islamic World, 600–1500IntroductionAlchemistsCaliphsCooksFarmersHuntersImamsMathematiciansMerchantsPoetsSoldiersWeaversVOLUME 2 Africa, 3000 bce–1500 ceIntroductionBlacksmithsFarmersFishersFood PreparersHuntersKings and QueensMusicians and SingersPastoralistsPottersShamansWarriorsThe Americas, 3000 bce–1500 ceIntroductionArchitectsAstronomersFarmersFishersFood PreparersGoldsmithsHuntersKings and EmperorsMerchantsMusicians and DancersPottersPriests and PriestessesShamansWarriorsWeaversCentral and East Asia, 500–1500IntroductionActorsAcupuncturistsAstrologersCooksEmperorsFarmersGunsmithsMonks and NunsPaintersPrintersSailorsSamuraiSoldiersStorytellersMedieval Europe, 500–1500IntroductionArchitectsBlacksmithsCooksCrusadersFarmersInnkeepersKings and QueensKnightsLawyersLords and LadiesMerchantsMillersMonks and NunsPoetsPriestsShoemakersStonemasonsStudentsTroubadoursThe Emergence of Modern Europe, 1500–1700IntroductionActorsBankersClockmakersCooksCourtiersFarmersJestersKings and QueensMinisters (Protestant)PaintersPlaywrightsPoetsPrintersScientistsSoldiersThe World beyond Europe, 1500–1776IntroductionArchitectsConquistadorsExplorersFarmersGeishasGovernorsMapmakersMissionariesPiratesSilversmithsSlave TradersSumo WrestlersTradersTravel WritersThe Age of Reason, 1700–1800IntroductionChemistsComposersCossacksDancersEconomistsEncyclopedistsFarmersGrammariansHighwaymen and HighwaywomenKings and QueensMathematiciansNovelistsTailors and SeamstressesTheologiansA Time of Revolutions, 1776–1825IntroductionBalloonistsCandle MakersExecutionersFarmersGeneralsJournalistsMilitiamenPaintersPresidentsPriestsSchoolteachersVice PresidentsVOLUME 3 Spheres of Influence, 1776–1914IntroductionAnthropologistsBig Game HuntersBureaucratsExplorersFarmersGuidesMissionariesNaturalistsRajahsSailorsSoldiersTaxidermistsThe Rise of Nationalism, 1815–1914IntroductionCowboysDiplomatsEvangelistsGeologistsLecturersLibrariansPaleontologistsPhotographersPoetsPostal WorkersPrime MinistersProfessorsSociologistsSongwritersThe Power of the Industrial Revolution, 1800–1914IntroductionBiologistsCharity WorkersChimney SweepsDetectivesFactory WorkersFarmersFire FightersMagiciansMaids and ButlersMayorsMinersMorticiansNursesOffice WorkersPolice OfficersRailroad EngineersTycoonsUnion LeadersVaudevilliansWhalersThe World at War, 1914–1945IntroductionAirplane PilotsChaplainsComediansCryptographersDeep-Sea DiversDictatorsEfficiency ExpertsPhysiciansPhysicistsPsychologistsSingersSoldiersThe Cold War, 1945–1991IntroductionAmbassadorsAstronautsBroadcast JournalistsComputer ScientistsLegislatorsPeace Corps VolunteersPopesPresidentsSoldiersSpiesTranslators and InterpretersVice PresidentsA Global World, 1914–PresentIntroductionAthletesChefsFarmersFashion DesignersFilm ActorsFilm DirectorsFlight AttendantsGrocersLawyersPlumbers and ElectriciansReal Estate AgentsRock MusiciansScreenwritersSocial WorkersTeachersTelevision EvangelistsTravel AgentsVeterinariansVideo Game DesignersWeb Site DesignersAfterword: The Future of WorkRecommended Print ResourcesRecommended Online ResourcesIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : ABC-CLIO
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (1424 pages)
• Subjects: History -- Reference; History -- Study & Teaching; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216071990
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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