Social History Books & Links
for the Georgia Researcher
Genealogy is more than names and dates, bare-bone facts, and the begats of
Genealogical charting. What was it really like for your ancestors? How did
it feel to fight a war, expand the frontier, overcome prejudices?
This is where family history and social history intersect. The study of
your ancestors' everyday lives. Social hisory can bring your ancestors'
times to life...
Abstracts from Georgia Slave Narratives
American Folklore Retelling America's Stories
American Revolution: A History
Effectively gives a history of the American Revolution from its ecomonic,
demographic and ideological origins through the war itself and into the
second revolution, that of the creation of the constitution.
As Various as Their Land: The Everyday Lives of Eighteenth-Century Americans by Stephanie Grauman Wolf
A fascinating and vivid portrait of the lives and habits of people in the
American colonies.
* You can read 21 of this book's pages online.
Biographical Sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History by Katherine Scott Sturdevant
S Walker from Colorado Springs, CO had this to say about this book: "Kathy
Sturdevant brings her expertise of social history to the world of family
history and genealogy with humor, flair, and solid information. With clear
examples and explanations of the many sources/resources available to family
historians, this book bridges the often separated worlds of history and
genealogy with a lively style and enjoyable wit..."
* You can read 19 of this book's pages online.
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama -The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Civil War in Houston County and All of Georgia
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Colonial Georgia Women
Crime in Georgia
Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life by Steven Mintz and Susan Kellogg
The American family has undergone a series of transformations from its
socially sanctified role as the center of society to today's private,
independent unit. The authors explain just how the family has adapted and
endured these changes.
* You can read 40 of this book's pages online!
Everyday Life in Early America by David Freeman Hawke
"In this clearly written volume, Hawke provides enlightening and colorful
descriptions of early Colonial Americans and debunks many widely held
assumptions about 17th century settlers."--Publishers Weekly
* You can read 17 of this book's pages online.
Expansion of Everyday Life, 1860-1876 by Daniel E. Sutherland
A richly detailed, absorbing portrait of the daily life of Americans
before, during, and after the Civil War.
* You can read 22 of this book's pages online.
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
"[Joseph J.] Ellis focuses on six crucial moments in the life of the new
nation, including a secret dinner at which the seat of the nation's capital
was determined--in exchange for support of Hamilton's financial plan;
Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address; and the Hamilton and Burr
duel. Most interesting, perhaps, is the debate (still dividing scholars
today) over the meaning of the Revolution. In a fascinating chapter on the
renewed friendship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson at the end of
their lives, Ellis points out the fundamental differences between the
Republicans, who saw the Revolution as a liberating act and hold the
Declaration of Independence most sacred, and the Federalists, who saw the
revolution as a step in the building of American nationhood and hold the
Constitution most dear. Throughout the text, Ellis explains the personal,
face-to-face nature of early American politics--and notes that the members
of the revolutionary generation were conscious of the fact that they were
establishing precedents on which future generations would rely.
In Founding Brothers, Ellis (whose American Sphinx won the National
Book Award for nonfiction in 1997) has written an elegant and engaging
narrative, sure to become a classic. Highly recommended." - Sunny Delaney
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Last Great Necessity: Cemeteries in American History
Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America
Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America
In case you missed it, Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club won the
2002 Pulitzer Prize for History. Now in paperback, The Metaphysical
Club is a marvelous glimpse at the history of American intellectual
life in the 19th century.
My Soul Is a Witness : A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era
A powerful and inspiring record of one of the most significant periods in
America's history, which presents the full historic scope of the
hard-fought battle for civil rights.
People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
Consistently lauded for its lively, readable prose, this revised and
updated edition of A People's History of the United States turns
traditional textbook history on its head. Howard Zinn infuses the
often-submerged voices of blacks, women, American Indians, war resisters, and
poor laborers of all nationalities into this thorough narrative that spans
American history from Christopher Columbus's arrival to an afterword on the
Clinton presidency.
Perfect Fit: Clothes, Character, and the Promise of America
"From the 1890s to the 1930s, social historian Joselit (The Wonders of
America) argues in this enticingly illustrated volume, fashion was "the
most literal expression of who we were as a nation." In an increasingly
diverse society, fashion was billed as a unifying force, she argues; its
arbiters promised that anyone, from Jewish ghetto girls to ex-slaves, could
blend in by wearing the right clothes. To make her case, Joselit quotes
from the Ladies' Home Journal, Vogue and other magazines, on everything
from women's hemlines to men's suits, shoes to hats, furs to jewelry..."
Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790-1840 by Jack Larkin
Connie Boone from Appleton, WI had this to say about this book: "...The
Reshaping of Everyday Life took me on a delightful tour of America
during its infancy and provided the sights, sounds and smells of yesterday.
Each chapter unraveled the tightly wrapped threads of legend and myth that
has muddied my view of our past to reveal the rich and varied layers which
amazed, amused and amended my hindsight.
Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
HAROLD M MCCLURE from WORLAND, WY had this to say about this book: "I
found this book to be quit interesting in it's coverage of slavery in
America from 1500-1865. It brought forth many things about people (both
black and white) in America's early years that we often don't think
about..."
* You can read 38 of this book's pages online.
Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945 by Harvey Green
A chronicle of American life between the two world wars examines the impact
of change on daily life, covering such topics as factory, farm, and house
work; recreation; sports; movies; radio; carnivals; medicine; health; food
supplies; and more.
* You can read 20 of this book's pages online.
Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876-1915 by Thomas Schlereth
A valuable and compelling portrait of the daily life of Americans during
the Victorian era.
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