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Historical Dictionary of the 1920s|James Stuart Olson

Historical Dictionary of the 1920s : From World War I to the New Deal, 1919-1933

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This is yet another fine historical dictionary from Greenwood. . . . This carefully edited work should prove an asset for all reference collections and as a useful handbook for students of twentieth-century American history. Reference Books Bulletin

The Dictionary presents more than 700 short essays on people--George Herman Babe Ruth, Warren Gamaliel Harding, and Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle; legislation--Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929, the Revenue Acts of 1921, 1924, and 1926, and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act of 1932; popular culture--baseball, motion pictures, radio, jazz; foreign policy--the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922, the Nine Power Treaty, the League of Nations; politics; social history--women's rights, the Harlem Renaissance, immigration; and culture--the Lost Generation, expatriatism. A detailed chronology and selected bibliography with twenty-three subcategores complete this history of the 1920s.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780313256837
  • ISBN-10: 0313256837
  • Publisher: Greenwood
  • Publish Date: June 1988
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.72 pounds
  • Page Count: 420

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