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Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 560 pages).
Language
English
Description
Presents a comprehensive examination of the changing role and importance of sports in American daily life and examines the sports that are played, how they affect lives, and how sporting has changed since the earliest American times.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 483 pages).
Language
English
Description
Presents a comprehensive examination of the social and economic lives of working Americans between 1770 and 1869, and profiles lives of thirty families that were affected by the various military actions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2000-<2022>
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
<18> volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A look at what kind of work Americans did, the homes they lived in, the goods they bought, the entertainment they sought, and the society and history that shaped their world.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 508 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines the men and women who were born outside of the United States and voyaged to America in pursuit of a better life--more money, more freedom, more hope--for themselves and their family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xix, 685 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines the lives of Americans during wartime, including declared conflicts, one-time military actions, protests, and preparations for war.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xviii, 549 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines America's history by exploring the social and economic lives of educators, including the practical and philosophical debates that molded American education from 1880 to 2012.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 605 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines America's history by exploring the social and economic lives of working women, including the women's lives at home, at work, and in the community.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxv, 650 pages).
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the lifestyles and economic life of working class families and looks, decade by decade, into the kind of work they did, the homes they lived in, the food and clothes they bought, the entertainment they sought as well as the society and history that shaped the world Americans worked in from 1880 to 2012.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxi, 567 pages).
Language
English
Description
Presents a decade-by-decade examination of the work, homes, and lifestyles of upper-class Americans from 1880 through 1999, featuring family and economic profiles for each ten year period, and includes information about the society and history of the age.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 591 pages).
Language
English
Description
Presents a decade-by-decade examination of the work, homes, and lifestyles of middle-class Americans from 1880 through 1999, featuring family and economic profiles for each ten year period, and includes information about the society and history of the age.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxix, 400 pages).
Language
English
Description
Profiles twenty-nine Americans whose professions and passions have taken them into the political arena, including appointed officials, elected officials, those who worked for politicians, and those who worked passionately for or against a cause.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 397 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines the Americans who have lived off the land, or have worked at improving life for those who did, including farmers, ranchers, social advocates, businessmen, and scientists.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 572 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines America's history by exploring the social and economic lives of working Americans, focusing on inventors and entrepreneurs whose work and inspirations are the foundation of the American economic success story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxi, 579 pages).
Language
English
Description
Focuses on American children, decade by decade from 1880 to 1999, introducing three children from each decade and one from each of the working, middle and upper classes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 637 pages).
Language
English
Description
Explores how Americans sought and fought for change from the 1880s to the present time, adding new coverage of Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, and Black Lives Matter.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvii, 514 pages).
Language
English
Description
Examines America's history through music, from the Civil War to the present time, including profiles ranging from professional musicians and singers, composers, record executives and talent agents, theater performers, instrument salesmen, radio personalities, record producers, along with the musical hobbyist, to offer a thought-provoking and interesting look at how music helped shape this country.
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