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An influential study of culture, history, folklore in the great tradition of French historiography
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Ostensibly a geographer, the author of this work, Emyr Estyn Evans, broadened the outlook of his academic work to include a consideration of folklife, popular and material culture, and the effects of environment on the human outlook. In doing so, Evans became a cultural historian, whose geographical focus was Ireland and Atlantic Europe. This collection of his writings conveys the unrecorded history Evans devoted himself to, an account which went beyond a simple history of elites and documents.
A classic in its field, this charming work by a noted scholar explores traditional Irish customs and activities—from thatching a roof, churning butter, cultivating and harvesting crops, making pots and pans and building furniture to behavior at weddings, wakes, festivals, and funerals. "For all its learning, the book is popular in the best way, and admirably illustrated. . . ."—Times Literary Supplement. (London)