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Simpler Times
J. George Butler
其他書名
Stories of Early Twentieth Century City Life
出版Vandamere Press, 1997
主題History / United States / State & Local / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Social Science / GeneralSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Sociology / Urban
ISBN09183392519780918339256
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=V80LAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋HIST Butler, a Methodist clergyman from Vermont, has written an enchanting narrative recalling and re-creating the late 19th and early 20th centuries, as the nation moved inexorably from crafts to technology. He eloquently introduces the reader to the near-magical years in America when Christmas trees were lit with candles; radios were cumbersome boxes stuffed with tubes, cardboard, and wires; scratchy phonograph discs recorded music in tinny fidelity; parades were an anticipated entertainment; and ice cream was hand-churned at home. It was a time of lamp lighters, organ grinders, and horse-car conductors. Butler focuses on common transformations rather than elite documentary. His work is a gentle and skillful blend of the social, cultural, political, and practical history of a dynamic nation in a period of great changes. Recommended for most collections. Richard K. Burns, MSLS, Hatboro, Pa.-