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Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 21 Oct 2023 00:32:08
Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Bruce F. Pauley, "Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century"
English | ISBN: 149623412X | 2023 | 334 pages | EPUB | 6 MB

Once 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.

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