Many Americans are seriously questioning the future of the traditional family....Many Americans are seriously questioning the future of the traditional family. Yet as Mintz and Kellogg show the American family has undergone a series of transformations from its role as the center of colonial society to today s private independent...more
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In the newest volume in the award-winning Penguin HistoryofAmericanLife ser...In the newest volume in the award-winning Penguin History of American Life series James R. Barrett chronicles how a new urban American identity was forged in the streets saloons churches and workplaces of the American city. This process of...more
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9780700626960. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages...9780700626960. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 320. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white. American Political Thought. Because it s said history is written by...more
From “one of the most wide-ranging and imaginative historians in America tod...From “one of the most wide-ranging and imaginative historians in America today; there is no one else quite like him in the profession� (Gordon S. Wood)—a dazzling and original work of history. A. Roger Ekirch’s American Sanctuary begins in...more
The Urban Crucible boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the Am...The Urban Crucible boldly reinterprets colonial life and the origins of the American Revolution. Through a century-long history of three seaport towns--Boston New York and Philadelphia--Gary Nash discovers subtle changes in social and political...more
Brooke explores the struggle within the young American nation over the extensi...Brooke explores the struggle within the young American nation over the extension of social and political rights after the Revolution. By closely examining the formation and interplay of political structures and civil institutions in the upper Hudson...more
The People s War is the story of one ofhistory s great events the American Re...The People s War is the story of one of history s great events the American Revolutionary War told almost entirely in the words of the soldiers who fought it and the civilians who endured it. Drawing on thousands of original sources--diaries letters...more
Included are essays on the double-edged freedom that the American Revolution m...Included are essays on the double-edged freedom that the American Revolution made possible to black women the Lowcountry as site of the largest gathering of African Muslims in early North America and the coexisting worlds of Christianity and...more
ASocialHistoryof Twentieth-Century Europe offers a systematic overview on m...A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe offers a systematic overview on major aspects of social life including population family and households social inequalities and mobility the welfare state work consumption and leisure social cleavages in...more
Frames Americanhistory through personal and collective journeys Offering a bl...Frames American history through personal and collective journeys Offering a blend of political and social histories The American Journey shows that our attempt to live up to our American ideals is an ongoing journey one that has become increasingly...more
For courses in U.S. History An accessible socialhistoryof the U.S. The Ameri...For courses in U.S. History An accessible social history of the U.S. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society Concise Edition examines U.S. history as revealed through the experiences of diverse Americans both ordinary and extraordinary....more
Looks at the historyof and lessons learned from the care of war casualties ve...Looks at the history of and lessons learned from the care of war casualties veterans and their families from ancient times through the aftermath of WWII including the psychological injuries (invisible wounds of war).more
In this classic study of women in Britain from the Puritan revolution of the m...In this classic study of women in Britain from the Puritan revolution of the mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s Sheila Rowbotham shows how class and sex work and the family personal life and social pressures have shaped and hindered women s...more