Making the Modern World.pptVIP

Blue Blood and Red Necks Modern: much work sedentary and indoor Tan = abundant leisure plus resources to enjoy it Tanning Salons Much of Todays High Tech is an improvement on older Low Tech. In many ways, the Low Tech advance was the real revolution Freeway vs. Railroad Light Bulb vs. Gas Lamp Internal Combustion or Electric Motor vs. Steam Automobile vs. Bicycle 1800s Carols 1818 Silent Night 1847 O Holy Night (1st music on radio?) 1848 Once in Royal Davids City 1850 It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 1857 We Three Kings 1863 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day 1868 O Little Town of Bethlehem 1857 Jingle Bells Christmas Evolves Legal Holiday (Alabama 1836 – Federal 1870 – Oklahoma 1907) 1834 Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” 1841 First Christmas Tree in England 1843 Xmas Cards (X = Xρηστο?) Mass Produced Christmas Ornaments 1850’s Germany 1870’s England 1880’s U.S. 1882 Christmas Lights Santa Claus Fusion of Dutch and English traditions 1822, Clement Clark Moore, “The Night Before Christmas” 1860’s Thomas Nast creates modern image of Santa Claus 1897 New York Sun “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus” Thomas Nast 20th Century 1916 Carol of the Bells (Melody, Lyrics 1936) 1934 Winter Wonderland 1942 White Christmas 1944 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 1946 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song) 1948 Sleigh Ride 1949 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1950 Frosty the Snowman 1951 Silver Bells 1958 Little Drummer Boy 1962 Do You Hear What I Hear? Christmas Factoids Carol of the Bells originated as a Ukrainian New Year’s Carol, 1916. The English lyrics (1936) have no relation to the original words Do You Hear What I Hear? written by Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne in 1962, was written as an appeal for peace in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis Urban Sprawl Steamboat suburbs, 1830’s Railroad suburbs by 1850’s “Commuter, “ 1865 Planned suburbs, late 1800’s Streetcars and Interurban railroads Wisconsin Interurban Railroads Midwest Interurban Rail