Daily life for Northerners after the outbreak of the Civil War involved many upheavals and accelerated social changes that had already begun. Topics include rural and urban life, how soldiers lived in the field, different ways in which civilians helped to support the troops, and the adverse conditions that blacks faced.
1 of 1 copy available
-
Creators
-
Series
-
Publisher
-
Release date
November 22, 2013 -
Formats
-
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781601525772
-
PDF ebook
- ISBN: 9781601525772
- File size: 7846 KB
-
-
Languages
- English
-
Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 1210
- Text Difficulty: 9-12
-
Reviews
-
November 1, 2013
Gr 8 Up-These volumes focus on the everyday lives of a variety of people, including different social and economic classes, women, children, and slaves and servants. The books describe how people were housed, where they worked, what they ate, and how they worshipped and learned. All are well written in clear, informative prose that draws on well-documented primary sources, which are quoted in the text and excerpted in sidebars. The titles are objective about the negative and positive parts of each culture. The average-quality maps, period reproductions, and photographs add little to the texts. More focused on ordinary people than the books in Lucent's "The Way People Live" series, these titles will promote deeper understanding of societies and groups that, for better or worse, influenced world history. Solid choices for secondary collections.
Copyright 2013 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
-