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The 1920s
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The 1920s

Author: Kathleen Morgan Drowne; Patrick Huber
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series: American popular culture through history
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The American 1920s had many names: the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Dry Decade, and the Flapper generation. Whatever the moniker, these years saw the birth of modern America. This volume shows the many colorful ways the decade altered America, its people, and its future. American Popular Culture Through History volumes include a timeline, cost comparisons, chapter bibliographies, and a subject index.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Kathleen Morgan Drowne; Patrick Huber
ISBN: 0313320136 9780313320132
OCLC Number: 53090905
Description: xxv, 331 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Series foreword / Ray B. Browne -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Timeline of the 1920s -- Part I. Life and youth during the 1920s -- 1. Everyday America -- 2. World of youth -- Part II. Popular culture of the 1920s -- 3. Advertising -- 4. Architecture and design -- 5. Fashion -- 6. Food and drink -- 7. Leisure activities -- 8. Literature -- 9. Music -- 10. Performing arts -- 11. Travel and recreation -- 12. Visual arts -- Cost of products in the 1920s -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.
Series Title: American popular culture through history
Other Titles: Nineteen twenties
Responsibility: Kathleen Drowne and Patrick Huber.
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The American 1920s had many names: the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Dry Decade, and the Flapper generation. Whatever the moniker, these years saw the birth of modern America. This volume shows the many colorful ways the decade altered America, its people, and its future. American Popular Culture Through History volumes include a timeline, cost comparisons, chapter bibliographies, and a subject index.

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