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Social Life and Customs

The Young United States, 1783-1830

Edwin Tunis

Describes the history, government, industries, schools, society, culture, and westward expansion during the first fifty years of United States independence.

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World of the Founders

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Women in American Indian Society

Rayna Green

Examines the life and culture of North American Indian women.

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Wolof

Tijan M. Sallah

A description of the history and culture of the people living in West Africa's Senegambia region includes information on commerce, education, customs, religion, the arts, and language.

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Witches, Ghosts, and Signs

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The White House Cookbook

Janet Ervin

Compilation of etiquette, historic White House meals, favorite recipes of President's wives from 1887 to the late 1960s.

The White House

Kenneth W. Leish

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When I Grew Up Long Ago

Alvin Schwartz

Brief statements from people whose childhoods were in the period 1890-1914 on such areas of their past lives as food, social life, music, holidays, and health present glimpses of life in the United St

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What It Felt Like

Henry Allen

Presents a social, cultural, and spiritual history of the United States in the twentieth century, in ten chapters that capture the events, personalities, institutions, and unique character of each dec

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A Voice From Japan

Carolyn Meyer

The author relates her visit to Japan where she interviewed adults and children and recorded their feelings about life in a country experiencing drastic changes in lifestyle.

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