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Hurry Shop - The Oxford Project
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List Price: $50.00
Our Price: $30.63
Your Save: $ 19.37 ( 39% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Welcome Books
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.7655
EAN: 9781599620480
ISBN: 1599620480
Label: Welcome Books
Manufacturer: Welcome Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2008-09-16
Publisher: Welcome Books
Release Date: 2008-09-16
Studio: Welcome Books
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Summary: Fun detective book
Comment: As you are reading the book you will find yourself going back to see the connections these people have with one anohter. Not only a great photo book but the stories are a good read.
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Summary: Wonderful and unique
Comment: Moving and fascinating; read it straight through. The authors have enough sense to get out of the way and let the people speak for themselves. The brief narratives are often better than the photos. One man talked about his baby daughter who died six days after being born and said, "I took her outside so she could feel the breeze and hear the birds and listen to the sound of other children playing," which is one of the most moving things I have ever read. Most books are like some other book, but this one is unique. One of the best things you will ever read. Sad to see what 20 years does to us all, but uplifting in many ways.
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Summary: Great coffee table book
Comment: This is an interesting book with an interesting premise. It's worth it just to look at the pictures alone, but the peoples' stories are very moving.
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Summary: Oxford Gold
Comment: I read about the Oxford project in the New York Times a few years ago. I was excited to see the book in publication. It is a fascinating look inside an American town and I felt like a bit of a peeping tom. It makes me wonder about people I knew 20 years ago and lost touch with. I've shared this book with several friends who have loved it as much as I have.
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Summary: What a Collection!
Comment: This is a "must-read" book for anyone who enjoys oral history.
As someone who enjoys people and looking at how people impact history and how history impacts people - I've found a guidebook. Believing that a social history is more important than a polo tical or economic one (because social history is a product of both) and the subjects of the book being middle Americans, I have found been faced with the changes in society, the ones that seemed to just happen overnight, were indeed a progression.
The photography is wonderful. Black and White has never captured so much color. The death of downtown, the death of the proud American, the demographic change and stagnation are just several of the things captured in picture and in interview. This book is worth every penny I paid for it and a must for anyone who wants to learn more about themselves through the eyes of others.
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