This classic work provides an intimate view of the way Americans lived during that exciting period in our history. Some sample chapter headings: Freemen and Bondsmen; Crimes and Disorders; The Casualties of Life; The Three Public Vocations; Dress and Diet; Recreations and Amusements; The Colonial Press; Philanthropy and Disease; Common School Education; Libraries and Clubs; Industrial Pursuits; and much more. James Schouler (1906), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, indices, 332 pp. ISBN: 9781556132933 101-S0293