social aspects

Presents excerpts from the diary of Carrie Berry, a 10-year-old girl who lived in the Confederate South in 1864.

Presents excerpts from the diary of Sally Wister, a 16-year-old Quaker girl who moved from Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War.

Chronicles the experiences of the men and women who traveled West to take part in the California Gold Rush and discusses how their experiences helped shape the history of the United States.

Provides information about the day-to-day lives of soldiers, civilians, and slaves during the Civil War years.

Farmer, one of the primary authors of the 9/11 Commission's report, reconstructs the truth of what happened on that fateful day and the disastrous circumstance that allowed it. Farmer builds the convincing case that the official version not only is almost entirely untrue but serves to create a false impression of order and security.

A global history of the post-Revolutionary War exodus of sixty thousand Americans loyal to the British Empire to such regions as Canada, India, and Sierra Leone traces the experiences of specific individuals while challenging popular conceptions about the founding of the United States.