Life in the time of William Shakespeare was a period of great advancement in literature but it was also a time when there was a tremendous gap in the standard of living between the rich and poor. Among the topics discussed in this social history are the harsh punishments administered to criminals the squalid conditions of the English cities and the educational system of England which provided schooling to the children of aristocrats only.
Life in Nazi Germany represented one of the darkest chapters in human history as the regime of Adolf Hitler took dictatorial control while leading the country into war. Among the topics discussed in this social history are the powers of the Gestapo which arrested and tortured ordinary citizens domination of the news media by Hitler s propaganda machine the schooling of young people in Nazi ideology and the persecution of the Jews who were stripped of their citizenship and property and eventually shipped off to Hitler s notorious death camps.
This book describes daily life for Northerners during the Civil War. Topics include rural and urban life, how soldiers lived in the field, different ways in which civilians helped to support the troops, and the adverse conditions that blacks faced.
Examines life in a Nazi concentration camp, focusing on deportation and arrivals, housing, food, and other living conditions, forced labor and other inmate and other inmate exploitation and other topics.
