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The Antebellum Period
James M. Volo, Dorothy Denneen Volo
ISBN: 0-313-32518-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32518-2
432 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/2004
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The Antebellum Era was a complex time in American culture. Young ladies had suitors call upon them, while men often settled quarrels by dueling, and mill girls worked 16-hour days to help their families make ends meet. Yet at the same time, a new America was emerging. The rapid growth of cities inspired Frederick Law Olmstead to lead the movement for public parks. Stephen Foster helped forge a catalog of American popular music; writers such as Washington Irving and Ralph Waldo Emerson raised the level of American literature; artists such as Thomas Cole and Thomas Doughty defined a new style of painting called the Hudson River School. All the while, schisms between northern and southern culture threatened to divide the nation. This volume in Greenwood's American Popular Culture Through History recounts the ways in which things old and new intersected in the decades before the Civil War.

James and Dorothy Volo are one of the more prolific author teams in reference publishing today, and with this volume they make important contributions to Greenwood's successful series on America's other history.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Introduction
    Chronology
    Everyday America
    World of Youth
    Advertising
    Architecture
    Fashion
    Food
    Leisure Activities
    Literature
    Music
    Performing Arts
    Travel
    Visual Arts
    Cost of Products in Antebellum Era
    Selected Reading
About the Author: JAMES M. VOLO is a teacher, historian, and living history enthusiast. He has been an active historic reenactor for more than two decades, participating in a wide range of living history events, including television and screen performance.

DOROTHY DENNEEN VOLO is a teacher and historian. She has been an active living history reenactor for 20 years and has been involved in numerous community historical education projects.
LCC Class: 973
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