Screen LibraryAmerica in the 1920s
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| Published: |
Facts On File,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Decades of American history |
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| Carrier Form: | 128 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0816056374 9780816056378 |
| Index Number: | K712 |
| CLC: | K712.52 |
| Call Number: | K712.52/O586 |
| Contents: |
"A Stonesong Press book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-123) and index. A look at life in this diverse decade. Covers American history from 1920 until 1929 with an emphasis on social history. Includes 100 or more black-and-white photographs, fact boxes, box features/sidebars, margin quotations, a glossary, further reading list, and an index. Annotation. The decade nicknamed the Roaring Twenties was a time when the nation was at peace and the standard of living was, for the most part, rising. This time witnessed the birth of jazz and of uninhibited dance crazes such as the Charleston. It was an era of such industrial giants as Henry Ford and of big-city gangsters such as Al Capone. However, in October |