Abstract
Antoine Prost and Gerard Vincent, Editors. A History of Private Life, Five Volumes (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987, 1991) Volume I, From Pagan Rome to Byzantium; Volume II, Reflections on the Medieval World; Volume III, Passions of the Renaissance; Volume IV, From the Fires of Revolution to the Great War; Volume V, Riddles of Identity in Modern Times. Reviewed by Fred Czarra.