Ten leading scholars of early American social history here examine the nature of work and labor in America from 1614 to 1820. The authors scrutinize work diarie

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How well do we know our country? Whom do we include when we use the word "American"? These are not just contemporary issues but recurring questions Americans ha

Nineteenth-century American authors, critics, and readers believed that biography had the power to shape individuals' characters and to help define the nation's

Colonial America presented a new world of natural curiosities for settlers as well as the London-based scientific community. In American Curiosity, Susan Scott