{"product_id":"artifacts-from-ancient-rome-james-b-tschen-emmons-9781610696197","title":"Artifacts from Ancient Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Roman objects and artifacts are properly analyzed, they serve as valuable primary sources for learning about ancient history. This book provides the guidance and relevant historical context students need to see relics as evidence of long-past events and society.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtifacts from Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique social history that explores major aspects of daily life in a long-ago era via images of physical objects and historical information about these items. This book also affords \"hands-on training\" on how to approach primary sources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author--a historian also trained as an archaeologist--begins by explaining the concept of using artifacts to understand and \"see\" the past and providing a primer for effectively analyzing artifacts. Entries on the artifacts follow, with each containing an introduction, a description of the artifact, an explanation of its significance, and a list of further sources of information. Readers of the book will not only gain a composite impression of daily life in ancient Rome through the study of artifacts from domestic life, religion, war, transportation, entertainment, and more, but will also learn how to best understand and analyze primary sources for learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James B. Tschen-Emmons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1610696190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781610696197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.23h x 8.70w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2015 pg. 23","brand":"James B. Tschen-Emmons","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068826218751,"sku":"9781610696197","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c915549b-ad88-48a6-a4b4-d882b4d55355.jpg?v=1685421219","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/artifacts-from-ancient-rome-james-b-tschen-emmons-9781610696197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}