Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876-1915 – Volume Four: A Portrait of Americans' Daily Lives (The Everyday Life in America Series, Vol. 4)
Victorian America is a valuable portrait of daily life in the U.S. from 1876 to 1915, surveying commonplace objects, events, and tastes that shaped Victorian culture and modern society. It explores suburban growth, domestic history, labor movements, and more, blending trivia with deeper historical insights in a lively, erudite narrative.
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Victorian America: Transformations in Everyday Life, 1876-1915 is the fourth volume in the Everyday Life in America series, providing a portrait of Americans' daily lives during the Victorian era.
This book presents a lively survey of commonplace objects, events, experiences, products, and tastes that comprised America's Victorian culture.
It examines how these aspects expressed the era's values and shaped the development of modern life.
Beyond trivia like Juicy Fruit gum and cafeteria dining at the San Francisco Fair, the work covers suburban living, domestic history, the labor movement, and college architecture.
The author recounts these elements with interest and vitality, seamlessly conveying the constellation of events in this period.
The notes highlight the author's erudition and ability to depict the complex cultural history with its ironies and color.
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