An exploration of day-to-day urban life in colonial America.
Colonial America: An Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2006. Cooke, Jacob E., and Milton M. Klein, eds. North America in Colonial Times: An Encyclopedia for Students.
A night watchman who is also the town crier in colonial Philadelphia talks about the daily life in the city, its leading citizens, and important landmarks as he shows a visitor to Chestnut Street.
Looks at the homes, clothes, family life, and community activities of boys and girls in the New England colonies.
Studies the everyday details of the colonists in New England and debunks myths that have been misrepresenting these people until now.
34 (25 August 2012): 26–7. See the response to this article in Kenneth Bo Nielsen and Uday Chandra, 'The Importance of Caste in Bengal', Economic and Political Weekly 47, no. 44 (3 November 2012): 55–6. Also see the excellent anthology ...
Everyday Life in Colonial Maryland
Reveals the lives of the people who set up the first colonies in the United States, discussing their homes and shelter, food, clothes, schools, communications, and everyday activities.
One the other hand, dueling demonstrated the complexities of class and identity in everyday America. Americans who viewed themselves as „gentlemen‰ resorted to the duel to restore personal honor through the challenge of individual ...
Examining the aspects of childhood in the American colonies between the late 16th and late 18th centuries, this text contains essays and documents that shed light on the ways in which the process of colonisation shaped childhood, and in ...
Women Who Live Evil Lives documents the lives and practices of mixed-race, Black, Spanish, and Maya women sorcerers, spell-casters, magical healers, and midwives in the social relations of power in Santiago de Guatemala, the capital of ...