18th century

Discusses the contributions of women in colonial and revolutionary America, including biographical portraits of Native American women, pioneer women, African-American women, and immigrant women.

Cultural history of the period of the French Revolution discussing a vast array of cultural activities such as painting, music, fiction, and theater.

Traces changes in fashion from the late Middle Ages to 1920.

Tells of Thomas Jefferson's trip to France in 1784, and all the exotic foods he learned about and then introduced to America, including ice cream, macaroni and cheese, and tomatoes.

Traces the development of warfare from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, describing the conflicts, religious struggles, structures of armies, development of weapon technology, and the changing tactics of war.

The life of the woman who, although a slave, gained renown throughout the colonies as the first important African American poet.

An illustrated exploration of the eighteenth-century ship "Whydah," which discusses its use as a slave ship, its capture by pirates, and its sinking in Cape Cod in 1717 and describes artifacts from its wreck site.

Presents a biography of Betsy Ross written in graphic novel format, and focuses on the legend that she designed and sewed the first American flag.