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Only yesterday : an informal history of the 1920's / Frederick Lewis Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Perennial Classics, 2000.Edition: 1st Perennial classics edDescription: x, 338 pages : illustration ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0060956658
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.9 21
LOC classification:
  • E784 .A6 2000
Online resources: Summary: The President Harding scandals. The revolution of manners and morals. Black Tuesday. These are only an inkling of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. Originally published in 1931, Only Yesterday traces the rise if post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of 1929 against the colorful backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. Hailed as an instant classic, this is Frederick Lewis Allen's vivid and definitive account of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating decades, chronicling a time of both joy and terror--when dizzying highs were quickly succeeded by heartbreaking lows.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) E784 .A6 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000192976

Originally published: Harper & Row, 1931.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-315) and index.

The President Harding scandals. The revolution of manners and morals. Black Tuesday. These are only an inkling of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. Originally published in 1931, Only Yesterday traces the rise if post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of 1929 against the colorful backdrop of flappers, speakeasies, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. Hailed as an instant classic, this is Frederick Lewis Allen's vivid and definitive account of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating decades, chronicling a time of both joy and terror--when dizzying highs were quickly succeeded by heartbreaking lows.

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