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.
Pauley\'s descriptions and stories allow readers a glimpse into everyday life in Lincoln at the Turn of the century..
He also addresses the challenges of life during this time, like the loss of civil liberties during World War I.
Pauley examines a multitude of important aspects of daily life, including the modernization of homes, public and private transportation, education, the status of women, and entertainment.
Pauley highlights his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, during a period of rapid social and technological change between the 1890s and 1920s.
In Portrait of a City Bruce F.
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.
Lincolnites moved beyond simply growing a new city; many also wanted to help create a more enlightened society.
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.
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
