{"product_id":"9780060956653","title":"Only Yesterday","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A perfectly grand piece of historical record and synthetic journalism.” — \u003cem\u003eChicago Daily Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Frederick Lewis Allen, former editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, comes a classic history of 1920s America, from the end of World War I to the stock market crash and the beginning of The Great Depression. Originally published in 1931, \u003cem\u003eOnly Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e has an exuberance and proximity to its subject—the Roaring Twenties in all its scandal and glory—that uniquely captures the feel of the era.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly Yesterday \u003c\/em\u003edeals with that delightful decade from the Armistice in November 1918 to the panic and depression of 1929-30. Here is the story of Woodrow Wilson's defeat, the Harding scandals, the Coolidge prosperity, the revolution in manners and morals, the bull market and its smash-up. Allen's lively narrative brings back an endless variety of half-forgotten events, fashions, crazes, and absurdities. Deftly written, with a humorous touch, \u003cem\u003eOnly Yesterday\u003c\/em\u003e traces, beneath the excitements of day-to-day life in the 20s, those currents in national life and thought which are the essence of true history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen, Frederick L.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (History)","offer_id":47276756992224,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fac6344f-2e9d-465a-86a1-d078276c9c29.jpg?v=1745164169","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780060956653","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}