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Evan
Jun 20, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: pop-culture-misc, __in-my-collection, history-americana, 1920s
This classic of popular history is the best first place to go to wade into the decade of the 1920s. Breezily written and spiced with on-the-ground anecdotes that lend depth to the larger events and trends. I read this many years ago, but I'll never forget the story about the company sales dinner in which the salesmen were humiliated by exponentially decreased meal portions based on their sales performance. The sales winner who best exceeded his quota had a grand roast beef feast with all the fix ...more
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Jenna
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An very readable history of the 1920s; something of a classic. It would be interesting to read against newer histories.
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