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Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
136 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the United States beginning with the outbreak of the first World War to the end of the nineteen twenties, focusing on America's involvement in the war, as well as the prosperity and cultural change of the decade that followed.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
110 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the social conditions of the decade during which prohibition was in effect, the results of the legislation, and its failure to preserve traditional values.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns documents the worst human-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
Author
Series
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
1991.
Physical Desc
x, 130 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The sudden collapse of America's economic structure in October 1929 signaled the beginning of a period of widespread unemployment and poverty that would come to be known as the Great Depression
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 405 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The epic true crime story of bootlegger George Remus and the murder that shocked the nation, from the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy In the early days of Prohibition, long before Al Capone became a household name, a German immigrant named George Remus quits practicing law and starts trafficking whiskey. Within two years he's a multi-millionaire. The press calls him "King of the Bootleggers,"...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
x, 543 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The surprising story of America in the year 1919--democracy under stress. In the aftermath of an unprecedented world war and a flu pandemic, Americans were full of hope for the benefits of peace. But instead, the fear of terrorism filled their days. Bolshevism was the new menace, and the federal government, utilizing a vast network of domestic spies, began to watch anyone deemed suspicious. A young lawyer named J. Edgar Hoover headed a brand-new...
Author
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xvi, 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 1920s, a revived Ku Klux Klan burst into prominence as a self-styled defender of American values, a magnet for white Protestant community formation, and a would-be force in state and national politics. But the hooded bubble burst at mid-decade, and the social movement that had attracted several million members and additional millions of sympathizers collapsed into insignificance. Since the 1990s, intensive community-based historical studies...
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