SIX VOLUMES
Joyce E. Salisbury, General Editor
Volume Editors: Gregory S. Aldrete, Lawrence Morris, Peter Seelig, and Andrew E. Kersten

Our lives are built on essential but seemingly mundane things: food, shelter, families, neighbors, work, and play. Our activities rarely rise to headline-making greatness, and the same holds true for the majority of people throughout history. Yet it’s the unremembered details of people’s everyday struggles and successes that have shaped history, and continue to drive the world we know. Based in part on Greenwood’s award-winning Daily Life through History series, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life offers an unprecedented look at human history’s living heart: the billions of anonymous men and women too often forgotten by historical studies, but without whose lives human history would be meaningless.

Providing unparalleled breadth and depth, this six-volume set is organized both thematically and chronologically. Panoramic overview articles show the full range and interconnections of everyday life throughout history. General topics are then broken into component parts, each of which is explored in synthetic essays.

The chronological and thematic organizations, aided by concept maps that graphically show interconnections and act as visual navigational cues, reflect how students really learn. All regions of the world are covered at various points in their histories.

Each volume contains seven chapters that span the realm of everyday life:
• Material Life
• Religious Life
• Domestic Life
• Political Life
• Recreational Life
• Intellectual Life
• Economic Life

Helpful research features include:
• Historical Overviews
• Concept Maps
• Numerous Illustrations and Maps
• Chronologies
• Sidebars
• Primary Documents
• "For More Information" Guides
• Cumulative Set Index in Each Volume

JOYCE E. SALISBURY is Frankenthal Professor of History at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
GREGORY S. ALDRETE is Associate Professor of History and Humanistic Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.
LAWRENCE MORRIS has taught English Literature and History at a variety of institutions, including Harvard and Fitzwilliam College (Cambridge University).
PETER SEELIG is an independent scholar.
ANDREW E. KERSTEN is Associate Professor of Humanistic Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.