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Pennsylvania: 1776 by Robert Secor, general editor; John M. Pickering, associate editor; Irwin Richman, picture editor; Glenn Ruby, designer; editorial board, Irwin Feller ... [et al.] is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>A vivid portrayal, in words and pictures, of life as it really was in the Keystone State at the time of the Declaration of Independence. The book shows the ways in which the lives of the people of Pennsylvania on the eve of the Revolution reflected the colonial experience in general, as well as the ways in which Pennsylvania was unique. It traces the response of Pennsylvanians to the geography and conditions of their land-its mountains and rivers, its flora and fauna, its natural resources. It shows the struggle of Pennsylvanians to survive and earn a livelihood; how they adapted their ideas of education and religion to their new society, how they responded in their science, medicine, and technology to their practical needs as well as to the intellectual climate of the 18th century; what they did in their leisure time and what they achieved in the arts and how through it all they managed to forge a political consciousness which led them to break with their mother country, establish their own government, and begin their fight for independence. The book charts the contribution both to Peaceable Pennsylvania and to Pennsylvania's Revolutionary War effort among all people in the com

Author

Robert Secor, general editor; John M. Pickering, associate editor; Irwin Richman, picture editor; Glenn Ruby, designer; editorial board, Irwin Feller ... [et al.]

Publisher

University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

1975

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271012179

Subjects

History, Humanities