Revolutionary America, 1763 to 1800

by Thomas L. Purvis

Book Overview

Describes everyday life in America during the Revolutionary War period. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816025282
• ISBN13: 9780816025282
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Window Into the Past!

Though expensive, this volume, from the "Facts on File Library of America History" series, provides information on all aspects of life in Revolutionary America between 1763 and 1800 including Native-American Life; the Economy; Population Statistics; Diet and Health; Religion; Government; The States and Territories; The Cities, and much, much more. The chapter on "Diet and Health" reveals, for example, that Americans enjoyed an exceptionally high level of nutrition in the late 18th Century, surpassing their British counterparts and most of the world. By the Revolution, adult American males had reached an average height of five feet, eight inches, a tallness not reached by their average English counterparts until 1900. Americans had thus already reached their modern stature and were as tall as members of the U.S. military serving in World War II! And the chapter on "Military Affairs" (under "Government") reveals that America's fight for independence, lasting from 1775 to 1783, was a brutal affair that literally decimated the 220,000 individuals who served in the Continental Army, Navy and militia. During the Revolutionary War, the American colonies suffered a relative casualty rate some four times higher than the United States suffered in World War II. This tremendously useful and interesting volume provides a wealth of information on every aspect of life in the American colonies as they struggled for independence. It should be on the reference shelve of every middle and high school library.