Rules : A Short History Of What We Live By
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- Item Code: 64142
- Author: Lorraine Daston
- Publisher: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Edition: 1st
- Isbn : 9780691249865
- 13 EAN: 9780691249865
Rules order almost every aspect of our lives. They set our work hours, dictate how we drive and set the table, tell us whether to offer an extended hand or cheek in greeting, and organize the rites of life, from birth through death. We may chafe under the rules we have, and yearn for ones we don’t, yet no culture could do without them. In Rules, historian Lorraine Daston traces their development in the Western tradition and shows how rules have evolved from ancient to modern times. Drawing on a rich trove of examples, including legal treatises, cookbooks, military manuals, traffic regulations, and game handbooks, Daston demonstrates that while the content of rules is dazzlingly diverse, the forms that they take are surprisingly few and long-lived.
| Book specification | |
|---|---|
| Author | Lorraine Daston |
| Publisher | PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Edition | 1st |
| Isbn | 9780691249865 |
| 13 EAN | 9780691249865 |
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