Web Directory

» Everyday Life in Premodern Europe
   Sourcebook of annotated internet links to articles and primary materials.
   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook04.html

» From Domesticity to Modernity
   Online exhibit at Cornell University which explores the question: "What was home economics?"
   http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/homeEc/default.html

» History of Marriage
   Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09693a.htm

» Marriage in Ancient Rome
   Selected information plus a bibliography and internet links.
   http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lion/373/roman/roman.html

» The History and Philosophy of Marriage
   An 1869 tract about the historical and philosophical basis for monogamy and polygamy.
   http://www.truthbearer.org/books/history-and-philosophy-of-marriage/

» The History of Private Life
   Collection of articles and essays on domestic life in America's past. Topics include childbirth, courtship, death and dying, family life, food, and housework.
   http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/private_life.cfm

» When Work is Done
   Lesson plan for teaching students about the leisure time of the working class of the USA in the early 20th Century.
   http://www.libraryinstruction.com/work.html