book
The Structures of Everyday Life
Braudel, Fernand. The Structures of Everyday Life. Vol. 1 of Civilization and Capitalism, 15th–18th Century. Translated by Siân Reynolds. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
Why this matters here
Braudel's history shifts attention from headline events to structures of ordinary material life. The prologue uses that historical lens to show how familiar habits and arrangements retain traces of earlier conditions.
