History 270
Spring 2012
Course Textbooks
and Reading Sources

The required textbooks for this course are:

Brewer, Douglas J. and Emily Teeter. Egypt and the Egyptians. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 2007. Paperback. ISBN: 0521616891.

McDowell, A. G. Village Life in Ancient Egypt: Laundry Lists and Love Songs. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press 2001. Paperback. ISBN: 0199247536.

Meskell, Lynn. Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt. Princeton University Press, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 0691120587.

Simpson, William K. et al., eds. The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry. 3rd Revised & enlarged edition. Yale University Press, 2003. Paperback. ISBN: 0300099207.


Web Sources and Library Readings

A variety of monographic extracts and journal articles are also required reading for this course. Most of these readings are located Addlestone Library (Reserve, Reference, or Periodicals). Others are available for downloading and printing from these course Web pages. The location of each reading is noted in the Syllabus and the "Reading Assignments"-schedule in the course's Web Pages which is updated regularly. Please consult these Web pages on a regular basis for updates. The specific location of each Web source and library reading is clearly noted in the weekly "Reading Assignments"-schedule.