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History is recorded in many ways. According to author James Deetz, the past is given new dimensions by studying the small things so often forgotten. Doorways, gravestones, musical instruments and shards of pottery (objects so plain they would never be in a museum) depict the intricacies of daily life. In this completely revised and expanded edition of 'In Small Things Forgotten' Deetz has added a chapter addressing the influence of African culture on America in the years following the settlers' arrival in Jamestown, Virginia. This book colorfully depicts a world hundreds of years in the past through details of ordinary living.
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