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Summary: Derks and Smith illustrate the value of the dollar during the Colonial period, the Revolutionary War, during Western expansion, and slavery, up to 1865. Each chapter has a chronology and information on social and economic issues, income, everyday household expenses for services and fees, exchange rates and inflation, the slave trade, and prices of commodities and specific items. Detailed lists...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Pub. 2005
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 338.52 DERDerks, Scott.
Contents: v. 1. The working class -- v. 2. The middle class -- v. 3. The upper class -- v. 4. Their children -- v. 5. Americans at war -- v. 6. Women at work -- v. 7. Social Movements -- v. 9. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War -- v. 10. Sports & recreation
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Pub. 2000
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3 available in Reference, Call number: R 305.5 DERDerks, Scott
Summary: Includes prices for wages, salaries, services, housing, equipment, food, entertainment, education, and products such as hammers, plows, vacuum cleaners, telephones, cameras, shoes, shoe inserts, ties, pants, dance lessons, newspaper subscriptions, movie tickets, train tickets, hotel rooms, baseball gloves, dolls, crayons, pencils, books, wedding invitations, fire insurance, cigars, curtains,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing 2024
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 338.5 DERDerks, Scott.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grey House Publishing 2000