By 1760, with the alleviation of the French threat to the western frontier, colonial fur traders headed west to reap the bounty of trade with the local tribes. However, when dissatisfied French interests conspired to instigate a revolt, the resulting Pontiac Uprising would force…
Imagines what life was like for a young settler in colonial America, detailing typical leisure activities, meals, chores, and clothing. Features full-color illustrations, a glossary, and further resources.
Describes what it was like to live as a settler in Colonial America.
The Edinburgh History of Reading: Early Readers
by Owens, W. R., Wallis, Faith, Reboul, Juliette, Wang, Fan, Hammond, Mary, Hammond, Mary, Acheson, Katherine, Blom, Helwi, Driver, Martha W., Feile Tomes, Maya, Guibovich Pérez, Pedro M., Jagersma, Rindert, Jung, Sandro, Ott, Ashley R., Reinking, David, Steinberg, Glenn A., Tao, Liqing, Umut Inan, Murat, Vitale, Kyle Sebastian
fromThe Edinburgh History of Reading : EHR
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the agesCovers reading practices from China in the 6th century BCE to Britain in the 18th centuryEmploys a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownershipExamines a wide range…
"Early Readers presents a number of innovative ways through which we might capture or infer traces of readers in cultures where most evidence has been lost. It begins by investigating what a close analysis of extant texts from 6th-century BCE China can tell us about contemporary…
Reveals the experience of reading in many cultures and across the ages. Covers reading practices from China in the 6th century BCE to Britain in the 18th century. Employs a range of methodologies from close textual analysis to quantitative data on book ownership. Examines a wide…
Over recent decades open fields have been investigated in new, interdisciplinary ways, and as a Europe-wide phenomenon. In this book, more than ever before, their development and operation are explained in terms of economic, social, agrarian and environmental developments which …
No event in American history was more pivotal-or more furiously contested-than Congress's decision to declare independence in July 1776. Even months after American blood had been shed at Lexington and Concord, many colonists remained loyal to Britain. John Adams, a leader of the…
