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Title Handbook to life in America. Volume VI, The roaring twenties, 1920 to 1929 / Rodney P. Carlisle, general editor.

Imprint New York : Facts on File, c2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  E169.1 H2644 2008    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  E169.1 H2644 2008    Available
Description xii, 282 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Series Handbook to life in America
Handbook to life in America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Family and daily life -- Material culture -- Social attitudes -- Cities and urban life -- Rural life -- Religion -- Education -- Science and technology -- Entertainment and sports -- Crime and violence -- Labor and employment --
Summary "Flamboyant, excessive, and abounding in changes, the 1920's fell between the two great wars of the 20th century. Characterized in the United States by the trends of Prohibition, bootleggers, the Harlem Renaissance, Art Deco design, and the Jazz
Subject Scopes, John Thomas -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Harlem Renaissance.
African Americans -- History.
Prohibition -- United States.
Nineteen twenties.
Jazz -- 1921-1930.
Automobiles -- United States -- History.
Families -- United States -- History.
Education -- United States -- History.
Technology -- United States -- History.
Amusements -- United States -- History.
National characteristics, American.
United States -- History -- 1919-1933.
United States -- Medicine -- History.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
United States -- Religion -- History.
United States -- Transportation -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Civilization.
Added Author Carlisle, Rodney P.
Added Title Handbook to life in America. #6
Handbook to life in America. Volume 6
Handbook to life in America, vol. 6
Roaring twenties, 1920 to 1929
ISBN 9780816071791 (v. 6)
0816071799 (v. 6)