THE BREATHLESS YEARS
LIFE SINCE 1900, ‘by Charles Furth; Allen and Unwin, English price 15/-. T is. of course, a truism to say that | greater changes have been seen during the last half century than in any previous period of similar duration. Life since 1900, as applying to England alone, is in all conscience a vast enough subject to be dealt with in 167 pages, but Mr. Furth does not even confine himself to a study of social progress pure and simple. Although most of the very well chosen illustrations contained in this book depict the social scene, about three-quarters of the text is devoted to a summary of English, and to a lesser extent European political history which, necessarily, is highly condensed and baldly factual. Two short chapters at the beginning give a fascinating picture of life in the various sharply graduated ranks of Edwardian society. Another chapter, the next to the last, draws a comparison between domestic and social conditions of today and those existing fifty years ago. The intervening space is taken up with wars, slumps, diplomatic conflicts and other affairs of State. A historical handbook of our own times is certainly a useful thing to have about the house, but if only the author had followed more closely the course indicated by his title!
R. M.
Burdon
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 912, 1 February 1957, Page 13
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221THE BREATHLESS YEARS New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 912, 1 February 1957, Page 13
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