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The Revolutionary War Era
Randall Huff
Book Code: GR2262
ISBN: 0-313-32262-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32262-4
264 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/2004
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [E]asily accessible by both high school and college-level students. Excellent choice.
    —MBR Bookwatch/Donovan's Bookshelf     April 2005
Description: This volume in Greenwood's American Popular Culture through History series recreates the many ways in which a new American culture took root during the Revolutionary period. Tavern culture and pamphlet literature played integral parts in debates surrounding the Revolution. Newspapers spread information while printing the first advertisements. Courtship and marriage rituals varied greatly among the rich and poor, and among city and country folk. Public performance art was a hotly debated component of the increased schism between secular and religious concerns, though many Americans enjoyed recreations of recent military battles. Foodways were distinctly regional, yet food rationing was a universal hardship among army personnel. Randall Huff's narrative essays, as well as many extra front- and back-matter resources, help describe citizen's lives in the newly formed United States of America as the nation fought to win its independence. American Popular Culture through Historyis the only reference series that presents a detailed, narrative discussion of United States popular culture. This volume is one of 17 in the series, each of which presents essays on Everyday America, The World of Youth, Advertising, Architecture, Fashion, Food, Leisure Activities, Literature, Music, Performing Arts, Travel, and Visual Arts.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Timeline of Popular Culture Events
  • Life and Youth During the American Revolution
  • Everyday America
  • World of Youth
  • Popular Culture During the American Revolution
  • Advertising
  • Architecture
  • Leisure Activities
  • Fashion
  • Food
  • Literature
  • Music
  • Performing Arts
  • Travel
  • Visual Arts
  • Consumer Prices in the Revolutionary Era
  • Further Reading
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004042484
LCC Class: E163
Dewey Class: 973
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