
A book by Otto Bettmann that deconstructs the nostalgia of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, revealing the harsh realities of daily life, disease, and poor living conditions.
I think there's a great book that I had to read years ago called uh the good old days they were terrible
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"The speaker explicitly mentions the book by its title, noting they had to read it years ago in the context of people incorrectly romanticizing the past."