This is Who We Were explores American life from the 1880s to the 1980s.
Each volume includes:
Personal Profiles, which "examine the lives of individuals and families who lived" during each decade covered and describe "life at home, at work and in the community," including original tables from the Census.
Historical Snapshots, which includes important "firsts," fun facts, technical advances, political events, and more.
Economy of the Times, which examines "economic data, including food, clothing, transportation, housing and other selected prices, with reprints of actual advertisements for products and services of the time."
All Around Us - What We Saw, Wrote, Read, and Listened To, which "includes reprints of newspaper and magazine articles, letters, posters, and others items designed to help the reader focus on what was on the minds of Americans" during each decade.
Census Summary & Comparison Data, which includes reports along with a "Comparison of Principal Cities" that "charts population characteristics in [each decade] for many cities, in 26 different interesting population characteristics."
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