Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s (English Edition)

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		Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s (English Edition)
		Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s (English Edition)

A history of roaring prosperity—and economic cataclysm: “The one account of America in the 1920s against which all others must be measured” (TheWashington Post).

Beginning November 11, 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson declared the end of World War I in a letter to the American public, and continuing through his defeat, Prohibition, the Big Red Scare, the rise of women’s hemlines, and the stock market crash of 1929, Only Yesterday, published just two years after the crash, chronicles a decade like no other. Allen, who witnessed firsthand the events he describes, immerses you in the era of flappers, speakeasies, and early radio, making you feel like part of history as it unfolds.

This bestselling, enduring account brings to life towering historical figures including J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Ford, Sigmund Freud, Albert Einstein, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, and Jack Dempsey. Allen provides insightful, in-depth analyses of President Warren G. Harding’s oil scandal, the growth of the auto industry, the decline of the family farm, and the long bull market of the late twenties. Peppering his narrative with actual stock quotes and breaking financial news, Allen tracks the major economic trends of the decade and explores the underlying causes of the crash. From the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti to the inventions, crazes, and revolutions of the day, this timeless work will continue to be savored for generations to come.
 

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I love that this was written just after the 1920's by an educated journalist who lived it. This book shows how history repeats itself. People think the problems of today are new...they're not...for example, did you know Wall Street was bombed once? On the trading floor? But yet we think of bomb threats as being a new idea because of terrorists. How quickly we forget history. And the rush up to the stock market crash? There were economists warning about it for so long but their cries were ignored. And the idea of easy credit available for mortgages and the run to buy houses to re-sell at higher values? That's not new...that happened in Florida during 1928. And people's homes were foreclosed and they lost...just like in 2009. The book is well-written, I appreciate the author's wit and knowledge of the decade. It gets a little long-winded in some areas but that is excusable. The writing helps you imagine a general idea of what the decade was like to live through and not necessarily from one political viewpoint or another.

This was assigned in a history class on the U.S. 1920s-1930s quite some time ago. The one I have has a different cover than that used on Amazon's webpage, but it is still Harper Perennial Modern Classics. The author deliberately left off footnotes and confined his sources to a bibliographic essay at the back. While an enjoyable and easy read he brings in items that were only appropriate for the gossip pages. However, he tries to make accessible to the general reader such major events as the Harding scandals, the Tea Pot scandals, Al Capone's activities, what he calls the Big Bull Market, and other events that would attract the casual reader. As such it is a popular work not an academic work, a light contrast to the heavy academic tomes that were also assigned in the same seminar. Allen admits to including trivial items in his work, but he sees it as an opportunity to record the fads and fancies of the time. Thus is a social history (broadly defined) and though he includes political analysis, he does not weigh it down with academic language as a history professor would do. Allen intended to record what was in the minds of the masses at the time, so it may be regarded as a primary source textbook. It was easy, fun to read, and an excellent introduction to history, a subject too many people tend to run away from, but which I enjoy reading. Highly recommended for everyone.

This is one of the best social histories of an incredible and interesting decade. It is both well written and engaging, and is full of wonderful stories. Frederick Lewis Allen had an exceptional understanding of the forces driving society at this time, and has a wonderful way of telling how these forces drove events. This is an "entertaining read" probably because the subject is good and the author is very talented. I would suggest that you treat yourself an evening with this little gem!

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