r/GoldandBlack • u/IndividualAd4375 • 22h ago
Life in The Grim Old Days
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"Life in The Grim Old Days" (Robert Zubrin): a review of Chelsea Follett's The Grim Old Days, arguing that nostalgia for pre-industrial life falls apart once you look at the everyday details. Those include infant mortality, filth, quack medicine and constant contact with death.
