Title Handbook to life in America. Volume I, The colonial and revolutionary era, beginnings to 1783 / Rodney P. Carlisle, general editor.

Publication Info.	New York : Facts on File, [2009]
	©2009

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Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department	YA973.2 C194	Check Shelf

Description	xi, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary	"Life in colonial America was often a struggle for survival and a constant lesson in adaptation. The early years of colonization, fraught with disease, starvation, and conflict with Native Americans, led to the development of regional communities in the form of agricultural plantations in the South and industrial port cities in the Northeast. The era culminated in the signing of the Declaration of Independence and hard-earned victory over Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. Characterized by religious and political fervor, this tumultuous time in American history established not only the nation's independence but its national identity as well."--p.[4] of cover.
Contents	Introduction -- Family and daily life -- Material culture -- Social attitudes -- Cities and urban life -- Rural life -- Religion -- Education -- Science and technology -- Entertainment -- Crime and violence -- Labor and employment -- Military and wars -- Population trends and migration -- Transportation -- Public health, medicine, and nutrition.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject	United States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
	Families -- United States -- History.
	Education -- United States -- History.
	Technology -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Medicine -- History.
	Amusements -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
	United States -- Religion -- History.
	United States -- Transportation -- History.
	United States -- Politics and government.
	United States -- Social conditions.
	United States -- Civilization.
	National characteristics, American.
Added Author	Carlisle, Rodney P.
Added Title	Handbook to life in America. #01
	Colonial and revolutionary era, beginnings to 1783
ISBN	9780816071746: $50.00
	0816071748: $50.00

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