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Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's (Perennial Classics)
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by Frederick L. Allen
Sales Rank: 16273
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Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
Published by: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; 1st Perennial Classics Ed edition July 25, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0060956658
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060956653
Book Dimensions:
7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 10.4 ounces
-- Chicago Daily Tribune
"A perfectly grand piece of historical record and synthetic journalism."
Product Description
Only Yesterday deals with that delightful decade from the Armistice in November 1918 to the panic and depression of 1929-30. Here is the story of Woodrow Wilson's defeat, the Harding scandals, the Coolidge prosperity, the revolution in manners and morals, the bull market and its smash-up. Allen's lively narrative brings back an endless variety of half-forgotten events, fashions, crazes, and absurdities. Deftly written, with a humorous touch, Only Yesterday traces, beneath the excitements of day-to-day life in the 20s, those currents in national life and thought which are the essence of true history.
Reader Reviews
The summer of 2002 is a very interesting time to be thinking about the 1920s, and this book is the perfect way to do that. One of Allen's major themes is the Big Bull Market of that decade -- how it gradually, little by little, seduced many economic thinkers into believing that the business cycle had been permanently changed for the better, and how stocks turned into a nationwide spectator sport. Sound familiar? As with our more recent bull market, the end wasn't pretty. But one of the things the book suggests is that we haven't seen anywhere near the calamity that followed the crash of 1929. (Allen finished the book in 1931.) I don't know that the book offers much guidance about what will happen next for us in 2002, but it does teach a powerful lesson about the ways that history repeats. Allen covers other ground, too, like the Teapot Dome scandal and the rise of Al Capone, as well as some of the more frivolous "hot" stories of the time. Among the other déjà vu themes he hits is how easily distracted we are by trivial stories when the economy is good. Nicely written, still holds up remarkably well.
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