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pnutbutterprincess's review
3.0
While I have never had a huge passion for history, I do find it interesting occasionally. When I saw this volume on sale as an e-book and was trying to find a new genre to read, I decided to pick it up.
Although I feel like I have a broad knowledge of American history over this time period, this book went into more detail and I learned a lot that I didn't already know. The author looks across various aspects of life and the time period and discusses what was going on at the time, covering topics such as religion, politics, and literature.
While it was a little dry, it was much more interesting than reading a textbook and there were many things I didn't know. It illustrates more clearly than anything I had read previously about the way early Americans imitated English culture and how social classes didn't develop to the degree they had in England because of how large the continent was, difficulty in travel, and how distantly spaced the settlements became. I look forward to reading more about history in the future.
Although I feel like I have a broad knowledge of American history over this time period, this book went into more detail and I learned a lot that I didn't already know. The author looks across various aspects of life and the time period and discusses what was going on at the time, covering topics such as religion, politics, and literature.
While it was a little dry, it was much more interesting than reading a textbook and there were many things I didn't know. It illustrates more clearly than anything I had read previously about the way early Americans imitated English culture and how social classes didn't develop to the degree they had in England because of how large the continent was, difficulty in travel, and how distantly spaced the settlements became. I look forward to reading more about history in the future.
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