The way people live

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English

Description

Examines the traditional role of Ibo women as equal participants in the social, economic, religious, and political lives of their communities and how this role has been influenced and changed by centuries of colonization and the pressures of modern society.

8) Life among the Indian fighters

Author

Reger, James P

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Language

English

9) Life during the crusades

Author

Rice, Earle

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Language

English

Description

Describes daily life in the Christian West and Muslim East during the three centuries of holy war, analyzing why the armies of Christendom engaged in the Crusades and what they hoped to accomplish.

10) Life during the gold rush

Author

Sherrow, Victoria

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes the events surrounding the discovery of gold in California, the huge migration it brought to the area, and the lifestyles of miners and mining towns.

11) Life during the Great Depression

Author

Nishi, Dennis

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes daily life for Americans during the Great Depression, as well as some of the lasting changes that occurred such as the increased power of the federal government and technological and cultural innovations.

12) Life during the Middle Ages

Author

Rice, Earle

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes country and city life during the Middle Ages including such aspects as social order, religion, family life, agriculture, money and trade, war, pestilence, education, and architecture and other arts.

13) Life during the Russian revolution

Author

Sherrow, Victoria

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses the background, historical context, events, and way of life of the Russian Revolution.

14) Life during the Spanish Inquisition

Author

Stewart, Gail B

Series

Language

English

Description

Examines the culture of Spain during the centuries of the Inquisition by focusing on personal aspects of daily life at the time.

15) Life in a Japanese American internment camp

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Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses the course of Japanese immigration into the United States, events leading to the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the conditions they faced in the internment camps.

16) Life of a Roman slave

Author

Nardo, Don

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses aspects of slavery in ancient Rome, including becoming a slave, its privileges and perils, the use of slaves in farming, business, and public service, and the dark side of the institution.

17) Life among the pirates

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Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses facts and myths about pirates who sailed and plundered on the seas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century.

18) Life among the samurai

Author

Hall, Eleanor J

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses the social position, culture, and wartime and peacetime activities of the samurai warriors of ancient Japan.

19) Life in a wild west show

Author

Currie, Stephen

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses life in a Wild West show, including its origins, the show content, the performers, its relation to Native Americans, moving the show, daily life, and the death of the Wild West.

20) Life in Charles Dickens' England

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Series

Language

English

Description

Describes the people and conditions of life in England during the time of Charles Dickens and examines how those conditions are reflected in his work.

21) Life in the American colonies

Author

Dean, Ruth

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses the day-to-day aspects of country and city life in the American colonies for a variety of people including members of different professions, specific immigrant groups, and slaves.

22) Life on the American frontier

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Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses how people on the American frontier lived, including trailblazers, fur trappers, mountain men, Native Americans, miners, cowboys, and pioneers.

23) Life on the Oregon Trail

Author

Blackwood, Gary L

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes how people traveling on the Oregon Trail lived, discussing their reasons for going West, modes of transportation, interaction with the Indians, and activities on the Trail.

24) Games of ancient Rome

Author

Nardo, Don

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses life in ancient Rome, focusing on the origin and popularity of public games, Rome's monumental game facilities, gladiators, wild animal shows, and other spectacles.

25) Life in a medieval castle

Author

Blackwood, Gary L

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes the history, purpose, and construction of medieval castles and the life of their various inhabitants.

26) Life in ancient Athens

Author

Nardo, Don

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses life in ancient Athens, including the growth of the city-state and its government, religious beliefs, festivals, customs, athletic games and sports, the visual arts, and the involvement of Athens in war on land and sea.

27) Life in the Hitler Youth

Author

Keeley, Jennifer

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses life among the Hitler Youth, including their ideology and activities, school and home life, and involvement in World War II.

28) Life of a slave on a Southern plantation

Author

Currie, Stephen

Series

Language

English

Description

Details the living conditions of plantation slaves, examining house, field and artisan work; food and clothing; marriage; separation; resistance; leisure activities; and old age.

29) Life on Ellis Island

Author

Rebman, Renée C

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses life on Ellis Island, including detainment and deportation of immigrants, daily activities, the development of the immigration station, its role in the formation of the great melting pot of America, and the later years.

30) Life on the Underground Railroad

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Series

Language

English

Description

Describes what it was like to be involved in the Underground Railroad, discussing life on the run, the lives of the trackers, conductors, and stationmasters, and the building of new lives in Canada.

31) Life under the Jim Crow laws

Author

George, Charles

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses the background and effects of the Jim Crow laws that were enacted after the Civil War to keep the races segregated.

32) Life in a medieval monastery

Author

Sherrow, Victoria

Series

Language

English

33) Life in a Nazi concentration camp

Author

Saldinger, Anne Grenn

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses life in a Nazi concentration camp, including typical conditions in the camps, daily life, organization and implementation, extermination through labor, and surviving against all odds.

34) Life in America during the 1960s

Author

Kallen, Stuart A.

35) Life in ancient China

Author

Allison, Amy

36) Life in ancient Egypt

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

Series

Language

English

37) Life in Communist Russia

Author

Streissguth, Thomas

38) Life in Genghis Khan's Mongolia

Author

Taylor, Robert

Series

Language

English

39) Life in Moscow

Author

Corona, Laurel

40) Life of a Medieval knight

Author

Corrick, James A

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses feudalism, chivalry, clothing and weaponry, practices of war, the Crusades, tournaments and other aspects of the lives of noble soldiers of the Middle Ages.

41) Life of a Nazi soldier

Author

Cartlidge, Cherese

42) Life on an African slave ship

Author

Kleinman, Joseph

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Language

English

43) Life on an Everest expedition

Author

Netzley, Patricia D

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Language

English

44) Life on the Pony Express

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Series

Language

English

45) Life aboard the space shuttle

Author

Taylor, Robert

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Language

English

Description

Discusses the early years of travel in space shuttles, including the construction of the first shuttles and the training of the crews.

46) Life during the American Revolution

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Series

Language

English

47) Life in a California mission

Author

Keremitsis, Eileen

48) Life in a medieval village

Author

Barter, James

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Language

English

49) Life in the Australian outback

Author

Einfeld, Jann

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Language

English

50) Life among the Aztec

Author

Hall, Eleanor J.

51) Life among the Inca

Author

Corrick, James A

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses what life was like among the Incas.

52) Life during the Dust Bowl

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Discusses the causes and effects of the disastrous dust storms that hit the Great Plains in the 1930s.

53) Life in Castro's Cuba

Author

Dunn, John M

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Language

English

Description