history

Contains over one hundred images of the life of Abraham Lincoln that provide a portrait of his presidency and the events surrounding it.

Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.

Describes the life of school children in 1776--their dress, teachers, books, lessons, discipline, and pastimes.

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.

Discusses the place of colonial women in the home, the workplace, in Native American communities, and as slaves and servants, and examines their roles as activists and leaders in the church and the community.

An illustrated sourcebook of authentic details about everyday life for Revolutionary War soldiers.

Describes what people wore in colonial America, discussing puritan, Quaker, and military styles.

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.

Examines the development of costume and fashion over the course of history, focusing on the styles and trends of the societies of early America, including the Incan, Mayan, Aztec, Spanish and Portuguese, Native American, and British, French, and American colonial. Includes photographs and a time line.

Details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examining house, field and artisan work; food and clothing; marriage; separation; resistance; leisure activities; and old age.