Everyday Life of Americans During the Time of George Washington
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Everyday Life of Americans During the Time of George Washington
39.99 €
The monograph is the first in Russian historiography, based on a wide range of original sources, examines the daily life of Americans in the era of George Washington, who became a national symbol of the United States. The War of Independence profoundly changed America. The everyday life of Americans changed, moving between austere republican virtue and frivolous gentility, between traditions exported from the metropolis and a new national consciousness. The book tells the story of how the founding fathers of the United States
"founding fathers" of the United States, how they traveled, wooed girls, tried to cope with scarcity of goods, and how a casual dinner menu or dance could reveal political leanings. The study begins with an examination of the state of the army, its daily life. Family and spiritual affairs, the sphere of education, the state of law and order, and various forms of leisure are also characterized. Special attention is paid to the state of hygiene and medicine. The reader is presented with an exceptionally interesting and diverse daily life of Americans in the XVIII century. The book is intended for general humanitarians, for those studying the history of the United States, and for all those interested in history.
"founding fathers" of the United States, how they traveled, wooed girls, tried to cope with scarcity of goods, and how a casual dinner menu or dance could reveal political leanings. The study begins with an examination of the state of the army, its daily life. Family and spiritual affairs, the sphere of education, the state of law and order, and various forms of leisure are also characterized. Special attention is paid to the state of hygiene and medicine. The reader is presented with an exceptionally interesting and diverse daily life of Americans in the XVIII century. The book is intended for general humanitarians, for those studying the history of the United States, and for all those interested in history.
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