CONTENTS Tour Guide: A Preface for Users vii Acknowledgments xvii Volume Editor’s Preface xix 1. From Colonies to Nationhood, 1763–1789 1 Chronology, 1754 –1789 1 Overview 5 Domestic Life 29 Material Life 43 Intellectual Life 59 Religious Life 65 Economic Life 68 Political Life 90 Military Life: The Makeup of the American Army 99 Military Life: The Revolution on the Homefront 128 Women 154 Independence and a New Beginning 169 2. The New Nation Takes Shape, 1789 –1820 177 Chronology, 1789 –1820 177 Overview 188 Domestic Life 210 Intellectual Life 223 Economic Life 230 Recreational Life 268 Religious Life 291 Social Life 313 Military Life 341 Epilogue 360
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