"The Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 will find a happy audience among students, researchers, and general browsers. It offers a fascinating and detailed look at early American history from the viewpoint of everyday people trying to make ends meet. This title and the earlier publication, The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004, complement each other very well, and readers will appreciate finding them side-by-side on the shelf."
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The Value of a Dollar 1600-1865
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Pub. Date: October 2005
Softcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-094-2/978-1-59237-094-8
Price: $145.00

Following the format of the widely acclaimed, The Value of a Dollar, 1860-2004, 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 had been flooded with requests from users of our Value of a Dollar for the same type of information, just from an earlier time period. This new volume is just the answer – with pricing data from 1600 to 1865.

Arranged into five-year chapters, each 5-year chapter includes a Historical Snapshot, Consumer Expenditures, Investments, Selected Income, Income/Standard Jobs, Food Basket, Standard Prices and Miscellany.

This fascinating survey will serve a wide range of research needs and will be useful in all high school, public and academic library reference collections.

Additional Products: The Value of a Dollar 1860-2004

Pub. Date: October 2005
Softcover: 600 pages
ISBN: 1-59237-094-2/978-1-59237-094-8
Price: $145.00

Note: If you find this work does not fit your budget, please print out this page and bring it to your local library. There is a reasonable chance they either have a copy, can direct you to a library that does, or will be willing to purchase it for their reference collection.