The value of a dollar : colonial era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 by Derks, Scott, Smith, Tony, 1969- author instant download

The value of a dollar : colonial era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 by Derks, Scott, Smith, Tony, 1969- author instant download

436, [21] pages : 29 cm, \"Following the format of the widely acclaimed, The Value of a Dollar, The Value of a Dollar 1600- 1865, The Colonial Era to The Civil War records the actual prices of thousands of items that consumers purchased, from the Colonial Era to the Civil War. Our editorial department was flooded with requests from users of our Value of a Dollar for the same type of information, just from an earlier time period. This volume was created to fill that important need\"--Publisher website (September 2009), Starting with the founding of America and extending through the Colonial Era to the Civil War, \"The Value of a Dollar 1600-1865\" focuses on what things cost and how much workers made. Its coverage is diverse, including the cost of everything from clothing to cows, from treatment of a snake bite to nervousness, from the passage of a young female slave to a clothing trunk. Efforts have been made to include nearly every item necessary for everyday life so students, historians, and the simply curious can explore the wage and price structure of early America. Also illustrated are commodity values, investment data and income opportunities. For clarity, there are also currency conversion tables, \"A Universal Reference Book.\", \"[This is] the first edition of The Value of a Dollar, 1600-1865. This book both parallels and compliments its popular older brother The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004\"--Page [i], Includes bibliographical references (pages [437-442]), and index