Only yesterday

an informal history of the 1920's

285 pages

English language

Published Jan. 4, 1997 by Wiley.

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A social history of the United States during the "roaring twenties." Examines American individualism and the decade that they knew Mah Jong and Mencken, Couéism and Coolidge, Listerine and Lindbergh, as well as Capone, Ford, Babe Ruth, the Teapot Dome, and bathtub gin.

22 editions

Subjects

  • Nineteen twenties.
  • United States -- History -- 1919-1933.
  • United States -- Social conditions -- 1918-1932.
  • United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.