The way people live

Author

Nardo, Don Yancey, Diane Biel, Timothy L Reger, James P Rice, Earle Nnoromele, Salome C Sherrow, Victoria Nishi, Dennis Stewart, Gail B Kallen, Stuart A Hall, Eleanor J Currie, Stephen Dean, Ruth Blackwood, Gary L Keeley, Jennifer Rebman, Renée C George, Charles Saldinger, Anne Grenn Allison, Amy Streissguth, Thomas Taylor, Robert Corona, Laurel Corrick, James A Cartlidge, Cherese Kleinman, Joseph Netzley, Patricia D Keremitsis, Eileen Barter, James Einfeld, Jann Dunn, John M Belfiore, Michael P Kling, Andrew A

1) Life in ancient Rome

Author

Nardo, Don

2) Life on a medieval pilgrimage

Author

Nardo, Don

3) Life in the Elizabethan theater

Author

Yancey, Diane

4) Life in the North during the Civil War

Author

Biel, Timothy L

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[1997]

Physical Desc

127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes urban, rural, and Union Army camp life in the northern United States during the bloodiest war in America's history.

5) Life in the South during the Civil War

Author

Reger, James P.

6) Life among the Great Plains Indians

Author

Rice, Earle

7) Life among the Ibo women of Nigeria

Author

Nnoromele, Salome C.

8) Life among the Indian fighters

Author

Reger, James P.

9) Life during the crusades

Author

Rice, Earle

10) Life during the gold rush

Author

Sherrow, Victoria

11) Life during the Great Depression

Author

Nishi, Dennis

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes daily life for Americans during the Great Depression, as well as some of the lasting changes that occurred such as the increased power of the federal government and technological and cultural innovations.

12) Life during the Middle Ages

Author

Rice, Earle

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

1998.

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes country and city life during the Middle Ages including such aspects as social order, religion, family life, agriculture, money and trade, war, pestilence, education, and architecture and other arts.

13) Life during the Russian revolution

Author

Sherrow, Victoria

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the background, historical context, events, and way of life of the Russian Revolution.

14) Life during the Spanish Inquisition

Author

Stewart, Gail B.

15) Life in a Japanese American internment camp

Author

Yancey, Diane

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[1998]

Physical Desc

112 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the course of Japanese immigration into the United States, events leading to the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the conditions they faced in the internment camps.

16) Life of a Roman slave

Author

Nardo, Don

17) Life among the pirates

Author

Kallen, Stuart A.

18) Life among the samurai

Author

Hall, Eleanor J.

19) Life in a wild west show

Author

Currie, Stephen

20) Life in Charles Dickens's England

Author

Yancey, Diane

21) Life in the American colonies

Author

Dean, Ruth

22) Life on the American frontier

Author

Kallen, Stuart A.

23) Life on the Oregon Trail

Author

Blackwood, Gary L

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[1999]

Physical Desc

111 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes how people traveling on the Oregon Trail lived, discussing their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, interaction with the Indians, and activities on the Trail.

24) Games of ancient Rome

Author

Nardo, Don

25) Life in a medieval castle

Author

Blackwood, Gary L

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes the history, purpose, and construction of medieval castles and the life of their various inhabitants.

26) Life in ancient Athens

Author

Nardo, Don

27) Life in the Hitler Youth

Author

Keeley, Jennifer

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses life among the Hitler Youth, including their ideology and activities, school and home life, and involvement in World War II.

28) Life of a slave on a Southern plantation

Author

Currie, Stephen

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

1999.

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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This book details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examining house, field and artisan work, food and clothing, marriage, and more.

29) Life on Ellis Island

Author

Rebman, Renée C

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses life on Ellis Island, including detainment and deportation of immigrants, daily activities, the development of the immigration station, its role in the formation of the great melting pot of America, and the later years.

30) Life on the Underground railroad

Author

Kallen, Stuart A

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Describes what it was like to be involved in the Underground Railroad, discussing life on the run, the lives of the trackers, conductors, and stationmasters, and the building of new lives in Canada.

31) Life under the Jim Crow laws

Author

George, Charles

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

1999.

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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This book discusses the background and effects of the Jim Crow laws that were enacted after the Civil War to keep the races segregated.

32) Life in a medieval monastery

Author

Sherrow, Victoria

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[2001]

Physical Desc

96 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Language

English

33) Life in a Nazi concentration camp

Author

Saldinger, Anne Grenn

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

108 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses life in a Nazi concentration camp, including typical conditions in the camps, daily life, organization and implementation, extermination through labor, and surviving against all odds.

34) Life in America during the 1960s

Author

Kallen, Stuart A.

35) Life in ancient China

Author

Allison, Amy

Series

The way people live

Pub. Date

[2001]

Physical Desc

112 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses life in China primarily during the Han dynasty, describing the life of farmers, life in a city, life in the military, business practices, the arts, and more.