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Author(s): Nancy G. Siraisi
Review by: Nancy G. Siraisi
Source: The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 39, No. 3 (Winter, 2009), pp. 423-424
Published by: MIT Press
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REVIEWS I 423
?cal insights, providing a coherent model for the ways in which past
practices can be identified and analyzed. The study explores the chang
ing forms and forums of urban, provincial social life,while also provid
ing a platform for examining the interrelationship between social prac
tices and cultural norms. Scholars who study French history and gender
history, aswell as those interested in exploring the analytical value of the
concept of social practice, will want to consult this original, well
researched book.
Victoria E. Thompson
Arizona State University
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424 I ANN S. BLUM
Raising an Empire: Children inEarly Modern Iberia and Colonial Latin Amer
ica. Edited by Ondina E. Gonz?lez and Bianca Premo (Albuquerque,
University of New Mexico Press, 2007) 25$ PP- $24-95
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