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Yesterday's Future: The Twentieth Century Begins
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 1999 Paper: 978-0-87020-313-8 Library of Congress Classification F586.Y47 1999 Dewey Decimal Classification 977.5041
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Although Wisconsin residents gloried in the past, they paid even greater attention to the future. Journalists, scholars, religious leaders, and even schoolteachers offered predictions. Some predictions proved quite accurate, such as increased life expectancy through better medicine, central air conditioning, and air travel, while others, such as free university education for all and communication with Martians, did not. The nearly one hundred items that appear here are taken from newspapers, magazines, and other materials that were published in Wisconsin at the turn of the century. These articles and essays--some wildly funny and engaging, others somber and thoughtful--offer a window on the hopes and fears of our forebears at a moment of great change. See other books on: New Year | State Historical Society of Wisconsin | Stevens, Michael E. | Twentieth century | Wisconsin See other titles from Wisconsin Historical Society Press |
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Yesterday's Future: The Twentieth Century Begins
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 1999
Paper: 978-0-87020-313-8
Paper: 978-0-87020-313-8
Although Wisconsin residents gloried in the past, they paid even greater attention to the future. Journalists, scholars, religious leaders, and even schoolteachers offered predictions. Some predictions proved quite accurate, such as increased life expectancy through better medicine, central air conditioning, and air travel, while others, such as free university education for all and communication with Martians, did not.
The nearly one hundred items that appear here are taken from newspapers, magazines, and other materials that were published in Wisconsin at the turn of the century. These articles and essays--some wildly funny and engaging, others somber and thoughtful--offer a window on the hopes and fears of our forebears at a moment of great change.
The nearly one hundred items that appear here are taken from newspapers, magazines, and other materials that were published in Wisconsin at the turn of the century. These articles and essays--some wildly funny and engaging, others somber and thoughtful--offer a window on the hopes and fears of our forebears at a moment of great change.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
