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1939: The Last Season
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Phoenix (2003-05-01)
ISBN: 0753816725
EAN: 9780753816721
Dewy Decimal #: 900
Paperback: 255 pages
Edition: New Ed
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Customer Reviews
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An absolute gem of social history
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-01-13
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a wonderful book, full of fascinating snippets and beautifully written. Land prices, minimum wages, what people ate (and the cost of eating out), how they travelled, how and where they lived, the first weather forecast (no, not in the UK, but Paris!), why clubs for men and women were founded in London... If this sounds like a shopping list, it does the book a serious injustice. It is an enjoyable, leisurely read which weaves in facts and figures where relevant and paints a vivid picture of a time which will never come again.
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Retail Price: £8.99
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