Examines the dramatic development of the western United States during the nineteenth century and presents brief biographies of important figures in the history of the region
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Pre-Roman Britain -- 2.) Roman Britain 54 B.C.-A.D. 410 -- 3.) The Saxons 460-1066 -- 4.) The Normans 1066-1154 -- 5.) Medieval England -- 6.) The Tudors 1485-1603 -- 7.) The Stuarts 1603-1714 -- 8.) The Hanoverians 1714-1837 -- 9.) The Victorians 1837-1900 -- 10.) National Costumes of the United Kingdom and Eire . . . . . . . With the aid of many excellent black-and-white drawings and detailed accounts in the text, this well-produced book traces the development of costume among all classes with a special section on the national costumes of Ireland, Wales and Scotland -- Teachers World