This is Who We Were: 1880-1899

Author Laura Mars-Proietti

Publisher Grey House Publishing

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Author

Laura Mars-Proietti

Publisher

Grey House Publishing

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Copyright

2015

ISBN13

9781619257573

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This is Who We Were: 1880-1899 is a dynamic new title built to fill many academic, personal research, and curriculum needs. Collecting information from government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries, letters, newspapers, and magazine features, the work provides a remarkable personal and realistic look into the past through the eyes and ears of everyday Americans, not just the word of historians or politicians.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Essay: America, 1880-1899.
Introduction.
Profiles.
1: Farmer and Community Leader in 1880.
2: Telephone Company Executive in 1880.
3: Educational Reformer and Teacher in Rural Wisconsin in 1881.
4: Thirteen-Year-Old Orphan in 1882.
5: Lawn Tennis Player in 1883.
6: Railroad Construction Engineer in 1883.
7: Chinese Immigrant Photographer’s Assistant in 1884.
8: Traveling Salesman and Entrepreneur in 1885.
9: Shoe Lasting Machine Inventor in 1886.
10: Cattle Rancher in 1888.
11: Professional Baseball Player in 1888.
12: New Teacher for the Dakota Sioux in 1888.
13: Textile Mill Worker in 1890.
14: Barbershop Quartet Member in 1891.
15: West Point Graduate on the Frontier in 1891.
16: Mining Company Owner in 1892.
17: Sweet-Potato Farmer in 1892.
18: Yale University Oarsman in 1893.
19: Children’s Aid Society Agent in 1894.
20: Cash Register Inventor and Company Founder in 1895.
21: Anti-Corset Campaigner in 1896.
22: Salmon Cannery Cooperative Manager in 1896.
23: Socially Prominent Bon Vivant in 1897.
24: Housemaid in 1898.
25: African American Wood Turner in 1898.
26: Businessman in 1898.
27: College Professor in 1898.
28: Teenage Garment Industry Labor Organizer in 1898.
29: Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa’s Band in 1899.
Historical Snapshots.
30: Early 1880s.
31: Late 1880s/Early 1890s.
32: Late 1890s.
Economy of the Times.
33: Annual Income, Standard Jobs.
34: Selected Prices.
35: The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2014.
All Around Us.
36: Early American Home Remedies advertisement from the 1880s.
37: Clubs for the Coyote Country’s Gentry American Heritage, 1880.
38: Excerpt from Gen. James A. Garfield’s letter accepting the Republican nomination for the presidency, 1880.
39: A Losing Book Concern, The American Book Exchange in a Receivers Hands New York Times, November 27, 1881.
40: Letter to the Editor Philadelphia Public Ledger, August 1882.
41: How Yap G
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