| 1927: High Tide of the Twenties Contributor(s): Leinwand, Gerald (Author) |
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ISBN: 1568582455 ISBN-13: 9781568582450 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: A tumultuous stock market, a media obsessed with celebrity and scandal, a time new technologies were rocking society: the 1920s bear more than a little semblance to today, and 1927 is a snapshot of the period. Photographs and illustrations bring to life a year with astonishing parallels to the present. "[An] encyclopedic study with all the verve and excitement of a finely tuned novel.... An outstanding book." -- Library Journal |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Revolutionary |
| Dewey: 973.915 |
| LCCN: 00034095 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.82" W x 8.68" (0.99 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A tumultuous stock market, a media obsessed with celebrity and scandal, a time new technologies were rocking society: the 1920s bear more than a little semblance to today, and 1927 is a snapshot of the period. Photographs and illustrations bring to life a year with astonishing parallels to the present. [An] encyclopedic study with all the verve and excitement of a finely tuned novel . . . An outstanding book. -- Library Journal |