Historical Dictionary of the 1920s: From World War I to the New Deal, 1919-1933 Contributor(s): Olson, James S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313256837 ISBN-13: 9780313256837 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $96.03 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1988 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 973.91 |
LCCN: E784 |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.72 lbs) 420 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |