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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788157803321

Titolo

This is who we were In the 1910s / / based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans series by Scott Derks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amenia, NY : , : Grey House Publishing, , [2014]

�2014

ISBN

1-78539-239-5

1-61925-178-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 679 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Collana

Gale eBooks

Altri autori (Persone)

DerksScott

Disciplina

309.173

Soggetti

Nineteen tens

United States Social conditions 1865-1918

United States Social conditions 1918-1932

United States Economic conditions 1865-1918

United States Economic conditions 1918-1945

United States Civilization 1865-1918

United States Civilization 1918-1945

United States History 1865-1921

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Our jobs -- Our clothes -- Our leisure -- Our day to day -- What we paid for rent & food -- What we read -- What we watched -- What we ate -- How we travelled -- Plus U.S. census comparisons & rankings and state-by-state census data."--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Essay on the 1910s -- Introduction -- Profiles -- Historical snapshots -- Economy of the times -- All around us: What we saw, wrote, read & listened to -- Census data -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive look at the decade that was shaped by the automobile, electricity, immigration, and World War I, through the eyes and ears of everyday Americans.