The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790-1840
"Compact and insightful. "--New York Times Book Review "Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like."--American Heritage
"Compact and insightful. "--New York Times Book Review "Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like."--American Heritage
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060916060 (0060916060)
ASIN: 60916060
Pages no: 367
Edition language: English
Series: Everyday Life in America
A very quick overview of material culture in the early republic. Would be fine for undergrads or people who don't need to know a lot of detail. Sources were still very elite, despite the promise to focus on regular people and their world. A few errors I noticed in my areas of interest suggest the...