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Title: Victorian America : Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876-1915 by Thomas J. Schlereth ISBN: 0-06-092160-9 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 July, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: very informative
Comment: This is the best book I have found so far detailing life in Victorian America.
Rating: 2
Summary: A Lot Of Information Poorly Organized
Comment: My title says it all. I don't know what I expected this book to be, but I do know I was disappointed in reading it. It was dull, uninspired, and it seemed that the author was just putting things down without regard to the pleasure (or lack of pleasure) of the reader. The book was largely devoid of attitude or any sort of what-it-all-means, which is the "what" we read books for. If you just want a bald recitation of a lot of facts, buy this book. If you are looking for meaning, insight, or entertainment - FORGET IT! My suggestion: Find the same data in another book.
Rating: 4
Summary: The other side of America's burgeoning imperialism
Comment: This well written, thematic presentation of American history from 1876 to 1915 is structured around short accounts of the Centennial Expo in Philadelphia (1876), the World's Columbian Expo in Chicago (1893) and the Panama-Pacific Expo in San Francisco (1915). The eight chapters enclosed in these snap-shots are: Moving, Working, Housing, Consuming, Communicating, Playing, Striving, Living and Dying, each with detaild endnotes. Within these chapters, the reader will learn about the invention of standard (railway) time, the development of clothing sizes and chain stores, the importation (from Germany) of grad school and the birth of Kodak, amoung other interesting things. If you think American history is due to its treatment in high-school and college textbooks, take a look at this book (and others that appeard in The Everyday Life in America series, all of which deal with material culture). You will find very little on government policy, foreign affairs, wars, etc. but a wealth of information on what real life was like at the time. By the way, all of the volumes contain illustrations and an index.
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Title: Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians by Marc McCutcheon ISBN: 1582970637 Publisher: Writers Digest Books Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Expansion of Everyday Life, 1860-1876 by Daniel E. Sutherland ISBN: 1557285969 Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Good Old Days--They Were Terrible! by Otto Bettmann ISBN: 0394709411 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 12 October, 1974 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Uncertainty of Everyday Life, 1915-1945 by Harvey Green ISBN: 1557285985 Publisher: Univ of Arkansas Pr Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Reshaping of Everyday Life : 1790-1840 by Jack Larkin ISBN: 0060916060 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 November, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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