| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
300 p. ; cm. |
| Series |
Perspectives in American social history
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ABC-CLIO Virtual Reference Library
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A world of independent men : artisans in the early republic / A. Kristen Foster -- Freeborn Americans : the rise of the urban wage earner and the rhetoric of the early republic / Jessica M. Parr -- Seeking "men of iron sinew" : creating a professional military in the early American republic / Sally Bennett -- Virtuous expectations : republican motherhood and true womanhood in the early republic / Dawn Sherman -- States of liberty, states of bondage : African Americans in the early republic / Jennifer Dorsey -- Colonizing the "western world" : western settlers (1780-1830) / David Nichols -- "My joy has ebbed and flowed, with the complexion of the times" : immigrants and migrants in the early republic / Dawn Hutchins -- Moving and removing, adapting and adopting to the new nation : Native Americans respond to American expansion / Andrew K. Frank -- The fires of evangelicalism in the cauldron of the early republic : race, class, and gender in the second Great Awakening / Anna Lawrence. |
| Summary |
Written by expert contributors drawing on extensive new research, Early Republic: People and Perspectives ranges across the broad spectrum of society to explore the everyday lives of Americans from the birth of the nation to the beginning of Jacksonian Age (roughly 1830). In a series of chapters, Early Republic provides vivid portraits of the farmers, entrepreneurs, laborers, women, Native Americans, and slaves who made up the population of the United States in its infancy. Key events, such as the two-party political system, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and the expansion into the Ohio Valley, are seen through the eyes of the ordinary citizens who helped make them happen, in turn, making the United States what it is today. |
| Note |
Primary sources give readers an opportunity to hear the real voices of the people of the United States in its formative decades. |
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A bibliography provides an exhaustive list of relevant social history works over the past 40 years. |
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Combines a wealth of research into one accessible volume. |
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Provides a multifaceted and multicultural perspective of American history to compliment the traditional focus on famous people and events. |
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Uses anecdotes and engaging writing to relate the major themes of the era. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO. Available via the World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Minorities -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Social classes -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Sex role -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Political culture -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Ebook reference.
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| Added Author |
Frank, Andrew, 1970-
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| ISBN |
9781598840209 (ebook) |
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1598840207 (ebook) |
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