Only Yesterday

An Informal History of the 1920's

Frederick Lewis Allen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

1997
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-18952-7 (ISBN)

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Written in 1931, this new instalment in the 'Wiley Investment Classics' series offers a well-written historical and anecdotal account of the volatile stock market of the 1920s.

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.

Prelude: May, 1919.

Back to Normalcy.

The Big Red Scare.

America Convalescent.

The Revolution in Manners and Morals.

Harding and the Scandals.

Coolidge Prosperity.

The Ballyhoo Years.

The Revolt of the Highbrows.

Alcohol and Al Capone.

Home, Sweet Florida.

The Big Bull Market.

Crash!

Aftermath: 1930-31.

Appendix.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.9.1997
Reihe/Serie	Wiley Investment Classics
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	147 x 223 mm
Gewicht	531 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre ► Bankbetriebslehre
ISBN-10	0-471-18952-9 / 0471189529
ISBN-13	978-0-471-18952-7 / 9780471189527
Zustand	Neuware