Recollections of the Early Republic: Selected Autobiographies

by Joyce Appleby (Editor)

Situated within a broader historical context by the editor's commentary, these narratives by pioneer housewives, former slaves, and entrepreneurs reflect the dramatic economic, social, political, and religious transformations taking place in the infant republic.

Genres: History

300 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 1997

About the author

Joyce Oldham Appleby, Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate School, 1966; B.A., Stanford University, 1950), is professor of history at University of California, Los Angeles. She previously taught at San Diego State University, 1967–1981. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1993, and was president of the Organization of American Historians (1991) and the American Historical Association (1997).