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AMERICAN HISTORY / GENERAL

America in
the Cold War NEW
A Reference Guide Daily Life in Colonial

WILLIAM T. WALKER New England
“ excellent starting point Second Edition
This resource is an
for Cold War study for CLAUDIA DURST JOHNSON
high school students, The daily lives of most
undergraduates, and colonial New Englanders
ABC-CLIO general readers. . . . were much more colorful
”
January 2014, 312pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Recommended. and exotic than the drab,
Print: 978-1-61069-206-9 pious picture many of
$68.00, £53.00, €62.00 —Choice, July 1, 2014
eBook: 978-1-61069-207-6 us have in mind. Daily
Life in Colonial New
Including extensive, balanced information, keen insights, and
helpful research tools, this book provides a valuable resource England exposes as myth
for students or general readers interested in American policy, much of what we might
diplomacy, and conduct during the Cold War. believe about this era
and reveals surprising
truths—for example, that
WILLIAM T. WALKER, PhD, is the former senior vice president and sex was openly discussed
professor of history at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA.
GREENWOOD in Colonial times and was
April 2017, 370pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 regarded as a welcome
ALSO OF INTEREST Check out more Guides to Print: 978-1-4408-5465-1 necessity of married life,
Historic Events in America series titles on page 22. $61.00, £47.00, €56.00 and that women had
eBook: 978-1-4408-5466-8
more legal and marital
Disasters and rights than they did in
Tragic Events FEATURES the 19th century.
An Encyclopedia • Provides readers with an understanding of the nature
of Catastrophes in of religious sentiment in Colonial America, which was
American History characterized by a desire to have religious freedom for
themselves but not for others
2 VOLUMES
MITCHELL NEWTON-MATZA, • Depicts the constant rebellion and subsequent cruelty
EDITOR inherent to colonial society
“ and the writing are • Examines the majority underclass populations, such
Both the methodology
as indentured servants, Native Americans, and African
consistent throughout. Americans
ABC-CLIO • Addresses myths about Puritan women, marriage, sex, and
March 2014, 789pp, 7x10 Topics, though heavily child raising
Print: 978-1-61069-165-9 slanted toward the 20th
$189.00, £146.00, €172.00 century, encompass a
eBook: 978-1-61069-166-6 diversity of interests.
”
—Booklist, September 10, 2014
CLAUDIA DURST
From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school JOHNSON is a retired
massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic professor who currently
works as a writer and
events—natural and man-made, famous and forgotten—that editor.
helped shape American history.

MITCHELL NEWTON-MATZA, PhD, is instructor of history at
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus.

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