| The Reshaping of Everyday Life: 1790-1840 Contributor(s): Larkin, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060916060 ISBN-13: 9780060916060 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1989 Annotation: A fascinating history of the daily lives of Americans in the first fifty years of the new republic, told often in their own words. Jack Larkin describes the often gritty texture of life as these Americans experienced it, weaving the disparate threads of everyday life into the rich, complicated tapestry of American history during this transitional period. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 973.4 |
| LCCN: 87046152 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Compact and insightful. --New York Times Book Review Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like.--American Heritage |