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Fad Mania!: A History of American Crazes

College students crammed into phone booths. Couples dancing until they drop. Daredevils swallowing one live goldfish after another. Streakers dashing naked down the street. Planking and flash Read More →

  • Lexile: 1070
  • Dewey: 973.91
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: Spending Spree: The History of American Shopping
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Spending Spree: The History of American Shopping

Ka-ching! Ever stop to think how our modern-day shopping culture came to be? In the early 1800s, stores were few and far between in the United States. General stores supplied everything from… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1140
  • Dewey: 381'.10973
  • Copyright: 2014

Petticoats and Frock Coats: Revolution and Victorian-Age Fashions from the 1770s to the 1860s

From the Series Dressing a Nation: The History of U.S. Fashion

What would you have worn if you lived during the American Revolution or the early 1800s? It depends on who you were! Women wore layers and layers of undergarments, including corsets,… Read More →

  • Dewey: 391.00973
  • Copyright: 2012