The uncertain world of normalcy : the 1920s /

The uncertain world of normalcy : the 1920s /

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Imprint:	New York : Pitman Pub. Corp., [1971]
Description:	xvi, 218 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Major issues in American history Major issues in American history.
Subject:	Nineteen twenties. Manners and customs Nineteen twenties United States -- History -- 1919-1933. United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945. United States Case studies History Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1830377

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Other authors / contributors:	Carter, Paul A. (Paul Allen), 1926-2016, compiler, editor.
Notes:	"A Jerome S. Ozer book." Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	American infatuation with the 1920s continues. As the time interval since that decade gets longer, interest grows greater. Were the Twenties a "side show," a quaint but irrelevant detour off the main road of history highlighted by The Lost Generation, Prohibition, The Golden Age of Sport, and The Jazz Age? Or were they, on the contrary, the first clear evidence of what we mean by "modern?" In this new study, Paul A. Carter brings together a collection of provocative opinion and material to provide fresh insight into the real nature of this vivid decade in American history. While many of the names in the book -- Dewey, DeVoto, Lewis, and Mumford -- are familiar, the selections chosen to represent their views and ideas are not taken from the same old stockpile. Professor Carter focuses on the issues that Americans in the Twenties had to deal with in their everyday lives. He avoids the usual generalizations that emphasize the bizarre and singular. The result for today's reader is a balanced account which is perhaps a step closer to life in the Twenties as it really was and not as we imagine it might have been--Back cover.
Other form:	Online version: Carter, Paul Allen, 1926- Uncertain world of normalcy: the 1920's. New York, Pitman Pub. Corp. [1971]

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