America in the 1920s
By: Edmund Lindop.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Subjects: Nineteen twenties -- Juvenile literature; Nineteen twenties; United States -- History -- 1919-1933 -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- 1919-1933
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Outlines life in the United States in the 1920s, including Prohibition, the stock market crash, and advances in technology and entertainment such as the first radios and first talking movies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Republicans return to power; title: Prohibition; title: Fads of the decade; title: The Coolidge administration; title: The Ku Klux Klan breeds hatred; title: Two famous trials and a red scare; title: Advances in communication and transportation; title: The changing role of women; title: Literature; title: Entertainment; title: A decade of colossal sports; title: The happy warrior versus the great engineer; title: From boom to bust.