This fourth volume in the Everyday Life In America series explores the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era. "A detailed, lively survey of the commonplace objects, events, experiences, products, and tastes that comprised America's Victorian culture. . . . A splendid achievement".--Kirkus Reviews. 43 pages of illustrations.
This colllection of essays, winner of the Elsie Clews Parsons Prize as the best folklore book of 1990, should be of interest to anyone with an interest in how the humble devices and relics of everyday American life influenced, and continue to influence, American cultural history. The essays are divided into three sections - "everyday life", ...
This collection of essays brings together six distinguished scholars in American studies; they examine the progress, problems, and potential of material culture research in America. From an interdisciplinary perspective--representing cultural geography, vernacular architecture, American studies, history of technology, deocrative arts, museum ...
This fourth volume in the Everyday Life In America series explores the daily life of Americans during the Victorian era. "A detailed, lively survey of the commonplace objects, events, experiences, products, and tastes that comprised America's Victorian culture. . . . A splendid achievement".--Kirkus Reviews. 43 pages of illustrations.
In his introduction to the volume, historian Thomas J. Schlereth notes, "Consulting (these records) allows us to do family history that is much more than compiling lists of names and dates, and local history that is much more than a recital of the famous and flamboyant."
Western Pennsylvania is a product of its geography -- the rivers, the Allegheny mountains, and the resources within. The story of its people is recalled here, from the Whiskey Rebellion, to the 'Gateway to the West', to Carnegie's steel mills, to the recent loss of manufacturing jobs. Personal and business histories combine to tell why Pittsburgh ...
" Despite the homogenization of American life, areas of strong regional consciousness still persist in the United States, and there is a growing interest in regionalism both among the public and among academics. In response to that interest ten folklorists here describe and interpret a variety of American regional cultures in the twentieth century ...
"Thomas Schlereth ... opens our eyes to one of the nation's first and most fascinating highways and helps us see things the interstate highways will never allow". -- James H. Madison, Indiana University Once known as the National Highway, U.S. 40 has long been a major east-west route across America. In this fascinating and profusely illustrated ...
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