The Reshaping of Everyday Life: 1790-1840 - Paperback

by Jack Larkin (Author)

"Compact and insightful. "--New York Times Book Review "Jack Larkin has retrieved the irretrievable; the intimate facts of everyday life that defined what people were really like."--American Heritage

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A fascinating history of the daily lives of Americans in the first fifty years of the new republic, told often in their own words. Jack Larkin describes the often gritty texture of life as these Americans experienced it, weaving the disparate threads of everyday life into the rich, complicated tapestry of American history during this transitional period.