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Daily Life in 18th-Century England, 2nd ed. By Kirstin Olsen. The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2017. 458 p. Acid free $61 (ISBN: 978-1-4408-5503-0). E-book available (ISBN: 978-1-4408-5504-7), call for pricing.
Kirstin Olsen's book provided a broad overview of England in the eighteenth century. It offers insight into what is considered the "every day" for the populace of eighteenthcentury England. Olsen focuses on everything from gender and marriage to science to clothing and fashion. Each chapter is a written account of how the subject was...