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A
History of the Amateur Woodworking Movement |
A Decade-by-Decade Narrative of Amateur
Woodworking in America From 1900 to 2000 |
Chapter 3: 1911 - 1920 |
An Online Book -- Raymond McInnis
-- Amateur Woodworker
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Chapter 3: 1911 --
1920 3:6 Motivations for Woodworking
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Under construction:
Consider factors such as hours of
work and leisure time and/or limited disposable income.
The decade was
interrupted in 1916, when America declared war against Germany -- World War I
-- a two-year interval. Immigration was another issue.
Hours
of work still hovered in the 60-hours per week range, so "leisure
time" during that era had a limited meaning, but was defined much
differently, say, a decade later, when in 1930, "leisure time" becomes
a national issue.
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