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| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| I | Prelude: May, 1919 | 1 |
| II | Back to Normalcy | 11 |
| III | The Big Red Scare | 33 |
| IV | America Convalescent | 57 |
| V | The Revolution in Manners and Morals | 67 |
| VI | Harding and the Scandals | 93 |
| VII | Coolidge Prosperity | 121 |
| VIII | The Ballyhoo Years | 141 |
| IX | The Revolt of the Highbrows | 171 |
| X | Alcohol and Al Capone | 185 |
| XI | Home, Sweet Florida | 205 |
| XII | The Big Bull Market | 219 |
| XIII | Crash! | 243 |
| XIV | Aftermath: 1930-31 | 257 |
| Appendix: Sources and Obligations | 271 | |
| Index | 275 |
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Derek Wilczynski
reviewed Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's on February 10, 2013
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's
A very thorough review of the very turbulent decade of the 1920s. As James Howard Kunstler said in a recent podcast (probably quoting somebody else), "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." We find a lot of "rhyming' with recent years in the story of the 1920s: starting the decade with a blind faith in the power of capital, and attacking those who question the irrational exuberance of the dedication to material gain; the rise of sports and entertainment as dominant forces in American culture; the failure of Prohibition, and the rise of organized crime as a result; and the naivete of those who expected "prosperity" to continue forever. (Republicans never change, do they?) Many more comparisons can be found in the text.
Overall a very interesting observation of the USA of the time, from politics to culture, and everyday life. I'll be reading (or listening to) the sequel ("Since Yesterday") sometime soon.
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