Spectatoritis

by Jay B. Nash

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1938]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - English, Pages 300. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} Complete Spectatoritis / by Jay B. Nash. 1938 Nash, Jay Bryan, -

283 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1937

Reviews

[Todd · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author was writing at the dawn of the age of the machine, and his concern was what Americans would do with all of the newfound leisure time created by the mechanization of life. Rather than use our time to engage in enriching activities, Nash feared we would become a nation of spectators content to check our brains with our hats and allow our radios or our motion pictures to drain our lives of meaningful purpose.

The old boy was right. Or, boy was he right. And he didn't even know about what would happen with sporting events and the Internet and cable television. I saw a discussion of this book on a blog and found a copy from an online bookseller. (I couldn't locate a copy on Gutenberg or Google.) It really is an old book that is worth a second look. Certainly this thing must be out of copyright. This one needs to be digitized and rediscovered.

[Drewes · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the upcoming AI again somewhat relevant. But gets quite repetitive that you should get your ass going instead of laying back and watch it all happen.