A writer's guide to life in Colonial America, covering food, fashion, family life, medicine, religion, politics, and social structure in the period from 1607 to 1783.
Examines various aspects of daily life in the American colonies, discussing houses and furniture, meals and mealtime, clothes, work, church and school, and amusements.
Describes the life of children in the American colonies, including daily chores, routines, and play, as well as religious and social attitudes that dictated how children were raised and what they were taught in New England and in the South.
Features forty-five, ready-to-color illustrations that showcase the clothing styles worn by men, women, and children of every social class from the early years of American colonization to the eve of the Revolutionary War.
An account of the costume that clothed the mass of the English population. Relates the clothes people wore to the history of textiles and manufacturing. Also covers technical advances of the Industrial Revolution.
Presents a selection of songs, journal entries, pictures, and historical writings that provides insight into the daily lives of colonial men, women, and children in pre-Revolutionary America.
Details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examining house, field and artisan work; food and clothing; marriage; separation; resistance; leisure activities; and old age.
Describes various aspects of the contrasting life styles of the rich and the poor early settlers in the southern colonies including homes, food, work, religion, education, and hospitality.
Discusses the history, social life, and customs of the various immigrant groups who settled in the middle colonies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
