The article reviews several books including "England on the Eve of the Black Death: An Atlas of Lay Lordship, Land and Wealth, 1300-49," by Bruce M. S. Campbell and Ken Bartley, "Medieval Villages in an English Landscape: Beginnings and Ends," by Richard Jones and Mark Page, and "Gender, Taste and Material Culture in Britain and North America, 1700-1830," edited by John Styles and Amanda Vickery.