A01=Frederick Lewis Allen
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Author_Frederick Lewis Allen
backdrop
catalytic incidents
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classic
colorful
crash
depicts
devastating
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first
flappers
heady
hemlines
post
precise
remains
rise
scope
stock market
unforgettable
vibrant social history
volatile
war
world
yesterday
Product details
- ISBN 9780471189527
- Weight: 531g
- Dimensions: 147 x 223mm
- Publication Date: 15 Sep 1997
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Written in 1931, this new installment in the Wiley Investment Classics series offers a well-written historical and anecdotal account of the volatile stock market of the 1920s. It traces the rise of post World War I prosperity up to the crash of 1929 before a colorful backdrop that includes Al Capone, Prohibition, the first radio, and the rise and fall of the skirt length.
FREDERICK LEWIS ALLEN was a noted author and historian whose other widely acclaimed works include Since Yesterday: The Nineteen Thirties in America and Great Pierpont Morgan.
