{"id":6006,"date":"2019-10-09T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2025-01-25T12:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T18:20:20","slug":"52-ancestors-41-social-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/52-ancestors-41-social-history\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Ancestors #41: Social History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/julietarr.com\/genealogy\/blog\/images\/3888e15cd6d0_109EA\/52AncestorsFB_thumb3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"52AncestorsFB_thumb[3]\" src=\"http:\/\/julietarr.com\/genealogy\/blog\/images\/3888e15cd6d0_109EA\/52AncestorsFB_thumb3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"52AncestorsFB_thumb[3]\" width=\"575\" height=\"301\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week 41 Prompt:<\/strong> Context<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amyjohnsoncrow.com\/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">52 Ancestors<\/a> theme is &#8220;Context.\u201d This is one thing I have been focusing on lately\u2014putting my ancestors in context based on the history of the time and place. I thought I\u2019d share a few reference books I\u2019ve come across. Some I have read, some I\u2019ve read only partially, and the others are on my to-read list. Many of these were recommended by other genealogists. I\u2019ve only included those that are mostly general in nature and tried to group them by time period.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2mmCzpM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Writer&#8217;s Guide to Everyday Life in Colonial America, 1607-1783<\/a>, by Dale Taylor<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2o39Yqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everyday Life in Early America<\/a>, by David Freeman Hawke<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2o0jqui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World<\/a>, by Dorothy A. Mays<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2mpZdh4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A History of Stepfamilies in Early America<\/a>, by Lisa Wilson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2neg4nv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Life in Colonial Days<\/a>, by Alice Morse Earle (originally published in 1898, available for free on Kindle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2o65TkP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[The Writer\u2019s Guide to] Everyday Life in the 1800s<\/a>, by Marc McCutcheon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2oLgsua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[The Writer\u2019s Guide to] Everyday Life During the Civil War<\/a>, by Michael J. Varhola<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2oLGn4T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Life in the Industrial United States, 1870-1900<\/a>, by Julie Husband and Jim O\u2019Loughlin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2o0qjvE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870-1920<\/a>, by June Granatir Alexander<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2nYsYpG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Times: An Informal Social History of the United States, 1914-29<\/a>, by J. C. Furnas<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2neqfZf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: How Americans Lived Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression<\/a>, by David E. Kyvig<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2o2z20e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Writer&#8217;s Guide to Everyday Life from Prohibition Through World War II<\/a>, by Marc McCutcheon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2mq0O6y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormy Weather: Crosslights on the Nineteen Thirties: An Informal Social History of the United States 1929-41<\/a>, by J. C. Furnas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have a whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/8774517-julie?shelf=genealogy-social-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list on Goodreads<\/a> dedicated to the topic of social history that has even more books. While some are specific to a place, you might find similar books for your particular places (in fact, some of them are part of various series that cover a many different cities and towns).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>This post does contain affiliate links.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 41 Prompt: Context This week\u2019s 52 Ancestors theme is &#8220;Context.\u201d This is one thing I have been focusing on lately\u2014putting my ancestors in context based on the history of the time and place. I thought I\u2019d share a few reference books I\u2019ve come across. 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