{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-city-9781496234124","title":"Portrait of a City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Pauley's] portrait is a genuine labor of love. Midwest history buffs will enjoy this tremendously.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Terminology\u003cbr\u003e 1. Revisiting the Past  Everyday Life on the Eve of Modernity\u003cbr\u003e Pioneer Lincoln, 1867–89\u003cbr\u003e Progressive Reforms  2. Electronic and Transportation Revolutions  A Decade of Inventions\u003cbr\u003e World Fairs: “No Greater Sensation Than . . . Electricity”\u003cbr\u003e From the Omnibus to Electric Streetcars: “The Welcome Stranger”\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: The Brief but Spectacular Popularity of Bicycles\u003cbr\u003e Here Comes the “Devil Wagon”!  3. The Athens of the West  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  4. The New Woman  New Jobs for the New Woman: “An Unwomanly Desire”?\u003cbr\u003e Turn-of-the-Century Fashions and Sports for Women\u003cbr\u003e Downsizing and Modernizing: New Houses, Kitchens, and Bathrooms  5. Feminine Reformers  The Revolt against the “Two Spheres” Ideal\u003cbr\u003e Cigarettes: “A Plain Case of Self-Destruction”\u003cbr\u003e Saloons and Prohibition: “The Vanguard of Progress”?\u003cbr\u003e Women For and Against Suffrage: “Masculine Womanhood”?  6. Amusements for All  The Increase in Leisure Time\u003cbr\u003e Highbrow Entertainment: Opera, Opera Houses, and Theaters\u003cbr\u003e Respectable Entertainment: The Chautauqua Movement\u003cbr\u003e Risqué Entertainment: Vaudeville and Silent Movies\u003cbr\u003e Dancing: “A Moral Graveyard”?\u003cbr\u003e Vacations by Rail, Amusement Parks, and Circuses\u003cbr\u003e The State Fair and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show  7. College Football: Birth Pains and Reforms  School Spirit and a Controversial New Sport\u003cbr\u003e A Game “Fit for Savages”?\u003cbr\u003e Changing the Rules: “An Outdoor Game of Basketball”?\u003cbr\u003e From “Bugeaters” to “Cornhuskers”\u003cbr\u003e From Obscurity to Fame: Bummy Booth and the Stiehm Rollers\u003cbr\u003e The “Secrets” of Success  8. Minorities and Immigrants  Lincoln’s Black People: “Ambitious Improvement, Not Yet Realized”\u003cbr\u003e Volga Germans: “Thrifty and Independent”  9. World War, “Aggressive Patriotism,” and the Spanish Flu  The “Great War” and “Scientific” Propaganda\u003cbr\u003e Profiles in Courage: Bryan and Norris\u003cbr\u003e Ethnically Cleansing German Culture: “America Does Not Want You”\u003cbr\u003e The Campaign against Foreign Languages\u003cbr\u003e “A Strong Aggressive War Spirit”\u003cbr\u003e The Spanish Flu: “Not an Unusual Epidemic”?  10. Reaction, Prosperity, and Depression  Ending War and Making Peace\u003cbr\u003e The League of Nations “Menace” and the Conservative Reaction\u003cbr\u003e The Roaring Twenties\u003cbr\u003e The Declining Interest in Reforms\u003cbr\u003e Postwar Nebraska  11. Enduring Gains and Disappointing Setbacks\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409243414871,"sku":"9781496234124","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496234124.jpg?v=1730506116","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-city-9781496234124","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}