02268nam 22005774a 450 991045161980332120200520144314.01-282-42716-497866124271690-313-05726-5(CKB)1000000000470438(EBL)496920(OCoLC)143171038(SSID)ssj0000140772(PQKBManifestationID)11150409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000140772(PQKBWorkID)10053872(PQKB)11132281(MiAaPQ)EBC496920(Au-PeEL)EBL496920(CaPaEBR)ebr10156292(CaONFJC)MIL242716(EXLCZ)99100000000047043820020717d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dollar decade[electronic resource] mammon and the machine in 1920s America /Gary Dean BestWestport, Conn. Praeger20031 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-275-97795-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-157) and index.Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Revolution in Moral Standards; 2 Manners Modes and Fads; 3 The Quest for Beauty; 4 The Impact of Radio and Movies; 5 Business and Life; 6 Eugenics and Intelligence Testing; 7 The Ku Klux Klan and Fundamentalism; 8 Pastimes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexExamines the underlying causes of the tumult of the 1920s, including the impact of World War I, the popularization of Freud and Darwin, and in particular the cataclysmic effects of the machine age.Dollar, AmericanHistory20th centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions1918-1945United StatesSocial life and customs1918-1945Electronic books.Dollar, AmericanHistory973.91/5Best Gary Dean525993MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451619803321The dollar decade2289569UNINA