{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-city-lincoln-nebraska-at-the-turn-of-the-twentieth-century-paperback-softback-9781496234124","title":"Portrait of a City; Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496234124","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePortrait of a City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBruce F. Pauley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496234124\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e334 pages, 21 photographs, 25 illustrations, 3 maps, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"[Pauley's] portrait is a genuine labor of love. Midwest history buffs will enjoy this tremendously.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Every college town deserves a local history such as \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a City\u003c\/i\u003e.\"-Michael Johnston Grant, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePortrait of a City\u003c\/i\u003e, with its old-time version formulated from historical tidbits, provides readers with Lincoln's background contextualized as a sweet educational treat.\"-Amy Forss, \u003ci\u003eNebraska History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Pauley has painted an interesting portrait of Nebraska’s capital city during the very early days of our statehood.\"-Jean A. Lukesh, \u003ci\u003eRoundup Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Readers interested in the details and the larger canvas of Nebraska history, and in the history of small cities in the Midwest, will enjoy and value this book.\"-\u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Do you ever feel that the world is changing so quickly that it's hard to keep up? People living a century ago often felt the same way. Historian Bruce Pauley has created a vivid portrait of daily life in Lincoln, Nebraska, during a period of rapid social and technological transformation.”-David L. Bristow, editor of \u003ci\u003eNebraska History\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003ePortrait of a City\u003c\/i\u003e offers abundant surprises for readers who may think of Lincoln only as the state capital and home of Husker football. Mining wide-ranging sources, Bruce Pauley combines scholarly rigor with lively narrative to illuminate a city undergoing dramatic changes-and confronting challenges still present today-in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book deserves the attention and appreciation of all Nebraskans.”-Mark R. Scherer, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eEcho of Its Time: The History of the Federal District Court of Nebraska, 1867–1933\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOnce just a scattering of houses on the open prairie, by the late nineteenth century the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, had evolved into a modern metropolis. The changes ushered in by the Industrial Revolution and an increase in machine labor affected all aspects of daily life-housework, transportation, education, entertainment, fashion, and medicine-changing lives drastically in little more than a single generation. Lincolnites moved beyond simply growing a new city; many also wanted to help create a more enlightened society. By 1910 the city had become a booming political, educational, and cultural center on the Great Plains, with three denominational colleges and a state university with a national reputation for academic excellence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePortrait of a City\u003c\/i\u003e Bruce F. Pauley highlights his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, during a period of rapid social and technological change between the 1890s and 1920s. Pauley examines a multitude of important aspects of daily life, including the modernization of homes, public and private transportation, education, the status of women, and entertainment. He also addresses the challenges of life during this time, like the loss of civil liberties during World War I. Pauley’s descriptions and stories allow readers a glimpse into everyday life in Lincoln at the turn of the century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Terminology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Revisiting the Past \u003cdiv\u003e Everyday Life on the Eve of Modernity\u003cbr\u003e Pioneer Lincoln, 1867–\u003cbr\u003e89\u003cbr\u003e Progressive Reforms \u003c\/div\u003e 2. Electronic and Transportation Revolutions \u003cdiv\u003e A Decade of Inventions\u003cbr\u003e World Fairs: “\u003cbr\u003eNo Greater Sensation Than . . . Electricity”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the Omnibus to Electric Streetcars: “\u003cbr\u003eThe Welcome Stranger”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: The Brief but Spectacular Popularity of Bicycles\u003cbr\u003e Here Comes the “\u003cbr\u003eDevil Wagon”\u003cbr\u003e! \u003c\/div\u003e 3. The Athens of the West \u003cdiv\u003e Public School Education in Nebraska: Compulsory in Theory\u003cbr\u003e Beyond the Struggle to Survive: The University of Nebraska\u003cbr\u003e The Denominational Schools: Nebraska Wesleyan, Union College, Cotner College \u003c\/div\u003e 4. The New Woman \u003cdiv\u003e New Jobs for the New Woman: “\u003cbr\u003eAn Unwomanly Desire”\u003cbr\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e Turn-of-the-Century Fashions and Sports for Women\u003cbr\u003e Downsizing and Modernizing: New Houses, Kitchens, and Bathrooms \u003c\/div\u003e 5. Feminine Reformers \u003cdiv\u003e The Revolt against the “\u003cbr\u003eTwo Spheres”\u003cbr\u003e Ideal\u003cbr\u003e Cigarettes: “\u003cbr\u003eA Plain Case of Self-Destruction”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Saloons and Prohibition: “\u003cbr\u003eThe Vanguard of Progress”\u003cbr\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e Women For and Against Suffrage: “\u003cbr\u003eMasculine Womanhood”\u003cbr\u003e? \u003c\/div\u003e 6. Amusements for All \u003cdiv\u003e The Increase in Leisure Time\u003cbr\u003e Highbrow Entertainment: Opera, Opera Houses, and Theaters\u003cbr\u003e Respectable Entertainment: The Chautauqua Movement\u003cbr\u003e RisquÉ\u003cbr\u003e Entertainment: Vaudeville and Silent Movies\u003cbr\u003e Dancing: “\u003cbr\u003eA Moral Graveyard”\u003cbr\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e Vacations by Rail, Amusement Parks, and Circuses\u003cbr\u003e The State Fair and Buffalo Bill’\u003cbr\u003es Wild West Show \u003c\/div\u003e 7. College Football: Birth Pains and Reforms \u003cdiv\u003e School Spirit and a Controversial New Sport\u003cbr\u003e A Game “\u003cbr\u003eFit for Savages”\u003cbr\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e Changing the Rules: “\u003cbr\u003eAn Outdoor Game of Basketball”\u003cbr\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e From “\u003cbr\u003eBugeaters”\u003cbr\u003e to “\u003cbr\u003eCornhuskers”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Obscurity to Fame: Bummy Booth and the Stiehm Rollers\u003cbr\u003e The “\u003cbr\u003eSecrets”\u003cbr\u003e of Success \u003c\/div\u003e 8. Minorities and Immigrants \u003cdiv\u003e Lincoln’\u003cbr\u003es Black People: “\u003cbr\u003eAmbitious Improvement, Not Yet Realized”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Volga Germans: “\u003cbr\u003eThrifty and Independent”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e 9. World War, “\u003cbr\u003eAggressive Patriotism,”\u003cbr\u003e and the Spanish Flu \u003cdiv\u003e The “\u003cbr\u003eGreat War”\u003cbr\u003e and “\u003cbr\u003eScientific”\u003cbr\u003e Propaganda\u003cbr\u003e Profiles in Courage: Bryan and Norris\u003cbr\u003e Ethnically Cleansing German Culture: “\u003cbr\u003eAmerica Does Not Want You”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Campaign against Foreign Languages\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eA Strong Aggressive War Spirit”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Spanish Flu: “\u003cbr\u003eNot an Unusual Epidemic”\u003cbr\u003e? \u003c\/div\u003e 10. Reaction, Prosperity, and Depression \u003cdiv\u003e Ending War and Making Peace\u003cbr\u003e The League of Nations “\u003cbr\u003eMenace”\u003cbr\u003e and the Conservative Reaction\u003cbr\u003e The Roaring Twenties\u003cbr\u003e The Declining Interest in Reforms\u003cbr\u003e Postwar Nebraska \u003c\/div\u003e 11. Enduring Gains and Disappointing Setbacks\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600258625816,"sku":"9781496234124","price":21.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/portrait-of-a-city-lincoln-nebraska-at-the-turn-of-the-twentieth-century-paperback-softback-9781496234124","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}