1927 : high tide of the twenties / by Gerald Leinwand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leinwand, Gerald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--1919-1933.

United States.

History.

United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.

Social conditions.

Nineteen twenty-seven, A.D.

Nineteen twenties.

Physical Description:

xi, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, [2001]

Summary:

A tumultuous stock market, a media obsessed with celebrity and scandal, a time when new technologies were rocking society, when nothing could go wrong for America: the 1920s bear more than a little semblance to today, and 1927 is a snapshot of the period. Charles Lindbergh, Duke Ellington, Babe Ruth, Al Capone, and Mae West were in the headlines. "Silent Cal" Coolidge was president. The wits at the Algonquin roundtable quaffed martinis and traded quips. Flappers, world peace, and an underclass left out of an economic boom were among the themes of the day. African Americans were struggling to shake off the legacy of the slave years. The free market was just that, even less restrained than today's, and no end seemed to be in sight to burgeoning prosperity -- at least for those on top.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Year in Review (January 1: New York Celebrates the Arrival of 1927) 1

Chapter 2 The Coolidge Prosperity (February 11: "Happy Birthday Mr. Edison") 33

Chapter 3 The State of the Union (March 4: Congress Adjourns and Will Rogers Comments) 62

Chapter 4 America and the World (April 7: Television Is Demonstrated) 95

Chapter 5 Crime in America (May 18: Bath, Michigan, Is Scene of Most Violent School Bombing in American History) 129

Chapter 6 Race in America (June 27: Mr. Hoover Moved to Tears as Negro Children Serenade) 153

Chapter 7 The New Woman and the New Man (July 4: Celebrations Neither Safe nor Sane) 171

Chapter 8 Religion Old and New (August 7: International Peace Bridge Is Open) 197

Chapter 9 Health and Education (September 24: Cigarettes May Kill 60 Percent of Infants of Mothers Who Smoke: AMA Disagrees) 221

Chapter 10 That's Entertainment (October 10: Earl Carroll, Imprisoned for Allowing a Model to Bathe Nude in Tub of Champagne, Is Paroled) 241

Chapter 11 Writers and Readers (November 5: "Big" Bill Thompson, Chicago's Mayor Threatens to Burn Library Books) 279

Chapter 12 Yesterday's Tomorrows (December 17: Entire Crew of Submarine Perishes) 303.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-322) and index.

ISBN:

156858153X

OCLC:

44046872