What life was like when...

This is a list of books on particular subjects that are available in the New Carrollton Branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.

Subjects

Unspecified or Multiple Centuries

1000-1100

1200-1300

1300-1400

1400-1500

1500-1600

1600-1700

1700-1800

1800-1900

1900-2001


Unspecified or Multiple

946 C Spain: The Root and the Flower 600 BC - 1985 ancient, medieval, renaissance, golden age, age of reason, modern Spain
higher level. art literature daily life in spain.
949.502 W What Life Was Like Amid Splendor and Intrigue 330-1453 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th century ancient, medieval, byzantine Istanbul Turkey Byzantium Greece Albania Serbia Macedonia Syria
grade level. art literature daily life in areas ruled by the byzantine empire.
951.024 W What Life Was Like In the Land of the Dragon 960-1368 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th century Tang Southern Song Yuan dynasty China Mongolia
grade level. art literature daily life in areas ruled by the chinese empires.
952.02 W What Life Was Like Among Samurai and Shoguns 1000-1700 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th century feudal Japan
grade level. art literature daily life in feudal Japan.
954.03 W What Life Was Like In the Jewel in the Crown 1600-1905 17th 18th 19 century colonial India
grade level. art literature daily life in British colonial India.

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1000-1100

948 S Everyday Life in the Viking Age 790 - 1070 11th century ancient, viking age denmark, sweden, finland, norway
grade level. daily life family life clothing food employment art in viking ruled areas.
948 K World of the Vikings 790 - 1070 11th century ancient, viking age denmark, sweden, finland, norway
grade level. daily life family life clothing food employment art in viking ruled areas.
948.022 W What Life Was Like When Longships Sailed 800-1100 11th century ancient, viking age denmark, sweden, finland, norway
grade level. daily life family life clothing food employment art in viking ruled areas.

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1200-1300

944.33 G Life in a Medieval City 1250 13th Century medieval France
architecture, family life, ceremonies, business, religion, school, art, politics.

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1300-1400

945.51 R Florence in the Age of Dante 1250-1375 13th 14th Century Renaissance Florence Italy
art, politics, writers, family life. higher level.

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1400-1500

945.05 W What Life Was Like At the Rebirth of Genius 1400-1550 15th 16th Century Renaissance Italy
Clothing, celebrations, art.
945.05 b The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy 1350-1500 14th 15th 16th Century Renaissance Italy
art, politics, exploration, clothing, religion. higher level. older book

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1500-1600

948304 W What Life Was Like In Europe's Golden Age 1500-1675 golden age reformation Holland Netherlands Germany
grade level. art literature clothing religion architecture family life women's roles daily life in northern europe at during the reformation and dutch .

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1600-1700

949.204 S The Embarrassment of Riches 1579 - 1730 16th 17th 18th golden age Holland Netherlands
higher level. art literature clothing religion architecture family life women's roles daily life in Holland.
973.2 H Everyday Life in Early America 1600 - 1775 17th 18th colonial America
school or higher. slavery and indian relations, housing, life of women and children, health, manners, war, religion.
973.2 W The Cultural Life of the American Colonies 1607 - 1763 17th 18th colonial America
higher level. farm life, religion, education, drama, architecture, science.
973.2 T The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Colonial America 1607 - 1783 17th 18th colonial America
school or higher. regional overviews, food, architecture, clothing, family life, government, military, economics trade, professions, religion.
974.482 D The Times of Their Lives 1620 - 1691 17th pilgrims colonial America
high school or higher. social life customs, household goods.

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1700-1800

947.05 W What Life Was Like in the Time of War and Peace 1696-1917 imperial Russia
school age. daily life.
973 S After the Revolution: The Smithsonian History of Everyday Life in the Eighteenth Century 1700-1799 colonial federal United States America
school age, nice pictures from smithsonian collection

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1800 - 1900

973.4 L The Reshaping of Everyday Life 1790 - 1840 18th 19th Century Federal America United States
higher level. daily life, travel, family life, intimate life, music, social life.
973.52 H As We Were Life in America 1814 1814 19th century War of 1812 America United States
higher level. reprint of 1914 book. daily life including clothing, medicine, politics, food, religion, literature.
973.7 L The Expansion of Everyday Life 1860 - 1876 19th Century Civil War Post Civil War America United States
higher level. daily life, travel, family life, intimate life, music, social life.
973.71 V Daily Life in Civil War America 1820 - 1865 19th Century Civil War Post Civil War America United States
higher level. daily life, history politics, slavery, soldier's lives, leisure time, food and cooking, fashion, death.
973.783 V The Life of Billy Yank 1861 - 1865 19th Century Civil War America United States
medium level but few pictures. food, clothing, discipline.
973.783 V The Life of Johnny Reb 1861 - 1865 19th Century Civil War America United States
medium level but few pictures. food, clothing, discipline.
973.8 S Victorian America: Transformation in Everyday Life 1876 - 1915 19th 20th Century Post Civil War Victorian Pre-World War Industrial Revolution Victorian America United States
higher level. immigration, homelife, commerce, leisure.
973.8 P Prelude to the Century: 1870 - 1900 1870 - 1900 19th Century Post-Reconstruction, Victorian, Industrial Revolution, Migration America United States
school level. lots of pictures. home life, school, work, leisure, exercise, holidays, the press.

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1900 - 2001

973.91 M Everyday Life from Prohibition through World War II 1918 - 1945 prohibition post wwI wwII depression america
grade level. slang speech, transportation, music, dance, clothing.
973.91 G The Uncertainty of Everyday Life 1915 - 1945 prohibition wwI wwII depression america
high school level. work, school, housing, cooking, food, leisure.

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