Bruce F. Pauley highlights his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, to study larger trends that affected daily life during a period of rapid social and technological change between the 1890s and 1920s.
Bruce F. Pauley highlights his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, to study larger trends that affected daily life during a period of rapid social and technological change between the 1890s and 1920s.
BRUCE F. PAULEY is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Florida. Among his books are Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century;From Prejudice to Persecution: A History of Austrian Anti-Semitism; and Hitler and the Forgotten Nazis: A History of Austrian National Socialism.
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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Terminology 1. Revisiting the Past Everyday Life on the Eve of Modernity Pioneer Lincoln, 1867–89 Progressive Reforms 2. Electronic and Transportation Revolutions A Decade of Inventions World Fairs: “No Greater Sensation Than . . . Electricity” From the Omnibus to Electric Streetcars: “The Welcome Stranger” Interlude: The Brief but Spectacular Popularity of Bicycles Here Comes the “Devil Wagon”! 3. The Athens of the West Public School Education in Nebraska: Compulsory in Theory Beyond the Struggle to Survive: The University of Nebraska The Denominational Schools: Nebraska Wesleyan, Union College, Cotner College 4. The New Woman New Jobs for the New Woman: “An Unwomanly Desire”? Turn-of-the-Century Fashions and Sports for Women Downsizing and Modernizing: New Houses, Kitchens, and Bathrooms 5. Feminine Reformers The Revolt against the “Two Spheres” Ideal Cigarettes: “A Plain Case of Self-Destruction” Saloons and Prohibition: “The Vanguard of Progress”? Women For and Against Suffrage: “Masculine Womanhood”? 6. Amusements for All The Increase in Leisure Time Highbrow Entertainment: Opera, Opera Houses, and Theaters Respectable Entertainment: The Chautauqua Movement Risqué Entertainment: Vaudeville and Silent Movies Dancing: “A Moral Graveyard”? Vacations by Rail, Amusement Parks, and Circuses The State Fair and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show 7. College Football: Birth Pains and Reforms School Spirit and a Controversial New Sport A Game “Fit for Savages”? Changing the Rules: “An Outdoor Game of Basketball”? From “Bugeaters” to “Cornhuskers” From Obscurity to Fame: Bummy Booth and the Stiehm Rollers The “Secrets” of Success 8. Minorities and Immigrants Lincoln’s Black People: “Ambitious Improvement, Not Yet Realized” Volga Germans: “Thrifty and Independent” 9. World War, “Aggressive Patriotism,” and the Spanish Flu The “Great War” and “Scientific” Propaganda Profiles in Courage: Bryan and Norris Ethnically Cleansing German Culture: “America Does Not Want You” The Campaign against Foreign Languages “A Strong Aggressive War Spirit” The Spanish Flu: “Not an Unusual Epidemic”? 10. Reaction, Prosperity, and Depression Ending War and Making Peace The League of Nations “Menace” and the Conservative Reaction The Roaring Twenties The Declining Interest in Reforms Postwar Nebraska 11. Enduring Gains and Disappointing Setbacks Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Terminology 1. Revisiting the Past Everyday Life on the Eve of Modernity Pioneer Lincoln, 1867–89 Progressive Reforms 2. Electronic and Transportation Revolutions A Decade of Inventions World Fairs: “No Greater Sensation Than . . . Electricity” From the Omnibus to Electric Streetcars: “The Welcome Stranger” Interlude: The Brief but Spectacular Popularity of Bicycles Here Comes the “Devil Wagon”! 3. The Athens of the West Public School Education in Nebraska: Compulsory in Theory Beyond the Struggle to Survive: The University of Nebraska The Denominational Schools: Nebraska Wesleyan, Union College, Cotner College 4. The New Woman New Jobs for the New Woman: “An Unwomanly Desire”? Turn-of-the-Century Fashions and Sports for Women Downsizing and Modernizing: New Houses, Kitchens, and Bathrooms 5. Feminine Reformers The Revolt against the “Two Spheres” Ideal Cigarettes: “A Plain Case of Self-Destruction” Saloons and Prohibition: “The Vanguard of Progress”? Women For and Against Suffrage: “Masculine Womanhood”? 6. Amusements for All The Increase in Leisure Time Highbrow Entertainment: Opera, Opera Houses, and Theaters Respectable Entertainment: The Chautauqua Movement Risqué Entertainment: Vaudeville and Silent Movies Dancing: “A Moral Graveyard”? Vacations by Rail, Amusement Parks, and Circuses The State Fair and Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show 7. College Football: Birth Pains and Reforms School Spirit and a Controversial New Sport A Game “Fit for Savages”? Changing the Rules: “An Outdoor Game of Basketball”? From “Bugeaters” to “Cornhuskers” From Obscurity to Fame: Bummy Booth and the Stiehm Rollers The “Secrets” of Success 8. Minorities and Immigrants Lincoln’s Black People: “Ambitious Improvement, Not Yet Realized” Volga Germans: “Thrifty and Independent” 9. World War, “Aggressive Patriotism,” and the Spanish Flu The “Great War” and “Scientific” Propaganda Profiles in Courage: Bryan and Norris Ethnically Cleansing German Culture: “America Does Not Want You” The Campaign against Foreign Languages “A Strong Aggressive War Spirit” The Spanish Flu: “Not an Unusual Epidemic”? 10. Reaction, Prosperity, and Depression Ending War and Making Peace The League of Nations “Menace” and the Conservative Reaction The Roaring Twenties The Declining Interest in Reforms Postwar Nebraska 11. Enduring Gains and Disappointing Setbacks Notes Bibliography Index
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