The 1920s constituted a decade of change and contrast, when modern
America began to emerge from the shadow of World War I. Updated and
expanded from the last edition with new information in many
sections, ""The Roaring Twenties, Revised Edition"" offers new
coverage of the social, political, and economic history of this
decade, including developments in science, from astrophysics to
laboratory science to discoveries and inventions; the creation of
new professional sports leagues; the labor union movement;
censorship, and writers, artists, and moviemakers are looked at in
more depth. This volume captures the complexities of the 1920s and
brings to life the various events that occurred during this
tumultuous yet exhilarating decade. ""The Roaring Twenties, Updated
Edition"" provides hundreds of firsthand accounts of the period -
from diary entries, letters, speeches, and newspaper accounts -
that illustrate how historical events appeared to those who lived
through them. New eyewitness testimonies to this edition include J.
Edgar Hoover, Emma Goldman, Calvin Coolidge, William Randolph
Hearst, Eugene O'Neill, William Faulkner, Walt Disney, Thomas
Edison, John D. Rockefeller, and Winston Churchill. In addition,
this new volume features an introductory essay, new chronology
entries for each chapter, a notes section that provides students
and researchers with further information, as well as an updated
bibliography with new sources and new editions of sources. This
updated volume also contains many new critical documents, including
Arthur Compton's Banquet Speech on Winning the Nobel Prize in
Physics, as well as capsule biographies of more than 90 key
figures; 95 - new - black-and-white photographs; seven maps,
graphs, and tables; appendixes; and an index.
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