Bibliograph

1920, the year that made the decade roar, Eric Burns

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1920, the year that made the decade roar, Eric Burns

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-321) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

1920

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

892878891

Responsibility statement

Eric Burns

Sub title

the year that made the decade roar

Summary

Acclaimed author Eric Burns investigates the year of 1920, which was not only a crucial twelve-month period of its own, but one that foretold the future, foreshadowing the rest of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, whether it was Sacco and Vanzetti or the stock market crash that brought this era to a close

Table Of Contents

"Two sheets of flame" -- Homeland security -- The long, black night of the spirits -- Resolutions and sentiments -- Civil wrongs -- The robber barons and their serfs -- The beginning of Ponzi's dream -- The ignoble experiment -- Planning parenthood -- The end of Ponzi's scheme -- The closed door in the White House -- On the air -- The Ohio gangsters -- The investigation -- Uproar in the arts -- The "jass" age -- The flapper

resource.variantTitle

Nineteen-twenty

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