The 1910s (American Popular Culture Through History)
This  title helps inaugurate a new series, American Popular Culture through History, that will examine "the specific details of popular culture that reflect and inform the general undercurrents of the time."The 1910sreflects the decade-by-decade approach that the series will apply to the twentieth century.The volume begins with a time line of popular culture events during the period. The time line is followed by chapters arranged in two parts. Part 1 offers an overview of everyday life in general and the "world of youth" in particular. Part 2 examines 12 broad topics, among them "Advertising," "Food," "Travel," and "Visual Arts." Chapters in this section average 20 pages in length. A brief list of typical costs for products is followed by extensive chapter notes and further reading.This series joins several others that take a chronological approach to the study of American culture. Titles in Gale's American Eras and American Decades series cover many of the same topics but have a more accessible format and more visual appeal. However, the Gale titles cover politics, economics, religion, and more; and their greater range means that some aspects of popular culture are discussed in less detail than in Greenwood's volumes. For readers who are intrigued by the "Cost of Products" section inThe 1910s,in particular, Grey House'sWorking Americans, 1880-1999provides much more detail on personal finance, compiling decade-by-decade economic data to create profiles of representative but fictional families.Greenwood's Daily Life through History series has become a staple resource in many high-school, public, and academic libraries. American Popular Culture through History is recommended for the same libraries and should be equally well received.RBBCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved