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9780471189527

Only Yesterday An Informal History of the 1920's

by Allen, Frederick Lewis
  • ISBN13:

    9780471189527

  • ISBN10:

    0471189529

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-09-08
  • Publisher: Wiley

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Summary

Written in 1931, this new installment in the Wiley Investment Classics series offers a well-written historical and anecdotal account of the volatile stock market of the 1920s. It traces the rise of post World War I prosperity up to the crash of 1929 before a colorful backdrop that includes Al Capone, Prohibition, the first radio, and the rise and fall of the skirt length.

Author Biography

FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN was a noted author and historian whose other widely acclaimed works include Since Yesterday: The Nineteen Thirties in America and Great Pierpont Morgan.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD ix(2)
PREFACE xi
I. PRELUDE: MAY, 1919
1(10)
II. BACK TO NORMALCY
11(22)
III. THE BIG RED SCARE
33(24)
IV. AMERICA CONVALESCENT
57(10)
V. THE REVOLUTION IN MANNERS AND MORALS
67(26)
VI. HARDING AND THE SCANDALS
93(28)
VII. COOLIDGE PROSPERITY
121(20)
VIII. THE BALLYHOO YEARS
141(30)
IX. THE REVOLT OF THE HIGHBROWS
171(14)
X. ALCOHOL AND AL CAPONE
185(20)
XI. HOME, SWEET FLORIDA
205(14)
XII. THE BIG BULL MARKET
219(24)
XIII. CRASH!
243(14)
XIV. AFTERMATH: 1930-31
257(14)
APPENDIX: SOURCES AND OBLIGATIONS 271(4)
INDEX 275

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