Provides period information on home furnishings, fashion, medicine, the courts, entertainment, shopping, travel, and etiquette.

From the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of The Invention of Murder, an extraordinary, revelatory portrait of everyday life on the st

The portrayal of native Americans and the role they played in American history has been riddled with stereotypes and falsehoods. Moulton attempts to correct dec

Provides period information on clothes and accessories, food, architecture, medicine, education, communications, crime, and money.

From rag-gatherers to royalty, from fish knives to Freemasons: everyday life in Victorian London. Like its acclaimed companion volumes, Elizabeth's London, Rest