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The Antebellum Period (American Popular Culture Through History)
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by James M. Volo and Dorothy Denneen Volo
Sales Rank: 1609830
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 432 pages
Published by: Greenwood Press June 30, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0313325189
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0313325182
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
Weighs: 1.7 pounds
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Greenwood continues its American Popular Culture Through History series with The Antebellum Period which deals with popular culture from about 1788-1865
This title follows the same format as the preceding volumes in the series which are split up into standard chapters covering topics such as "The World of Youth," "Fashion," "Food," and "Leisure Activities." Chapters range from about 15-30 pages in length. The volume also include a time line of the pertinent era, an index, suggested further reading, and a page detailing some of the costs (in dollar value) of living in that age. It also contains a few black-and-white pictures per chapter. Unfortunately, as was the case in previous volumes, the pictures are slightly dark, and the captions add little to the content of the book.
The Antebellum Period fits in well with the series, which provides a fascinating look into the pop culture side of history. While learning about government, great leaders, and war is obviously crucial to the study of history, learning about the everyday life of the regular man and lady is just as important in gaining a holistic view of the past. Greenwood excels at looking at history this way; American Popular Culture Through History is an great companion to its Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life [RBB S 1 04]. This new easy-to-read and informative volume, alone or as part of the entire series, is recommended for high-school, undergraduate, and public libraries. It could just as well be placed in the circulating collection as in reference. Susanna Eng
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Product Review
The wealth of interesting information about life in the nineteenth century brings the whole period alive and might also invite further reading from this worthwhile period.VOYA
While learning about government, great leaders, and war is obviously crucial to the study of history, learning about the everyday life of the regular man and lady is just as important in gaining a holistic view of the past. Greenwood excels at looking at history this way.[e]asy to read and informative.[r]ecommended for high-school, undergraduatem and public libraries. Could just as well be placed in the circulating collection as in reference.Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
Reader Reviews
This volume in the "American Popular Culture Through History" series should be found on the shelves of anyone who is interested in how Americans (mostly, of course, the great middle class) lived c. 1820-60. At a hefty 367pp. of text, plus index, notes, and bibliographies, it covers just about everything--advertising, architecture and furniture, food, fashion, leisure activities, music, literature, performing arts, travel, the visual arts, technology, schools, and the reform mania that swept the nation during this era--and does it in an informal, easily understood way. Illustrations are rather sparse and there are a few minor errors of fact ("women were not permitted to correspond with men who were not relations"--simply not true: Abraham Lincoln, for example, wrote to Mary Todd while courting her; reference to author "Leigh Hun" (should be Hunt); reference to Edwin Drake's Titusville oil field as being extant in 1854 (I had always understood it opened in 1859); reference to the Metis "Indians" of Southern Canada (they were actually a class of partbloods); reference to Mandan Indian "huts" (they actually lived in large and well-built earth lodges); and the typical misconception that our school summer vacation is based on the agricultural year (in actual fact, kids were needed to work on the farm from spring planting through harvest, not just for two or three months in the summer)), but on the whole the book seems remarkably accurate and is full of intriguing information. (Did you know that insecticides were available commercially in 1861? Frank G. Johnson's Patent Powered Coal Tar was advertised in that year. Did you know that antebellum carpeting was sold in strips a bit over 24" wide and had to be pattern-matched and stitched together by professional installers? That the single greatest loss of life in a steamboat accident prior to the Civil War took place as early as January, 1840, when the coaster "Lexington" caught fire and sank?) The type is large and clear. I'll be looking for more volumes in this series.
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