TY - BOOK AU - Carlisle, Rodney P TI - Handbook to life in America SN - 9780816071746 SN - 200801263 U1 - 973 CAR.1 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Facts on File KW - National characteristics, American - Juvenile literature KW - United States - Civilization - Juvenile literature KW - United States - History - Juvenile literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes. v. 1. The colonial and revolutionary eras, beginnings to 1783 -- v. 2. The early national period and expansion, 1783-1859 -- v. 3. The Civil War and Reconstruction -- v. 4. The Gilded Age, 1870-1900 -- v. 5. Age of reform, 1890-1920 -- v. 6. The roaring twenties, 1920-1929 -- v. 7. The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1949 -- v. 8. Postwar America, 1950-1969 -- v. 9. Contemporary America, 1970-present ER -