Sears Sold 75,000 DIY Mail Order Homes Between 1908 and 1939, and Transformed American Life
Culture Index
Score Breakdown
Relevance
3/25
Freshness
23/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
12/15
Depth
4/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
Two of the books that most shaped American culture both happened to bear the nickname “The Big Book.” While the second of these, the A.A. Manual, published in 1939, changed the country with 12-Step recovery groups, the first of these, the Sears Catalog, transformed America with mass consumption, offering customers in every part of the […]
