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Author : Xavier Girard
Publisher : Editions Assouline
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1614282560

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The French Riviera in the 1920's by Xavier Girard Pdf

The French Riviera of the 1920s and early '30s was a haven for artists and writers from the far reaches of the world. This book revitalizes the now-legendary tale of personalities such as Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Picasso, Picabia, Cocteau, and Gerald and Sara Murphy as they are caught between a desire for creation, the quest for happiness, and the looming darkness of World War II. Extraordinary images taken from personal archives reanimate the lifestyles and artwork of some of the most influential artists of the twentiety century.

Author : Xavier Girard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 1614280576

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Paris in the 1920s by Xavier Girard Pdf

"From humble origins, Kiki de Montparnasse became the muse of Man Ray, Kisling, Foujita, Calder, and other important artists living in Paris in the Roaring Twenties. Many revolutionary writers, artists, and personalities flourished on the bohemian Left Bank, each one inventing their own iconic style, and Kiki, the Queen of Montparnasse, was the thread connecting them. Not only an artist's model, Kiki was also a cabaret performer, actress, and an artist in her own right with two successful exhibitions. Every image tells a fascinating story in this lavishly illustrated, oversize luxury slipcase volume, revealing the artistic, social, and historical events that created and surrounded the incredible artistic flowering of the now mythical Montparnasse neighborhood"--Publisher's web site.

Author : David Pietrusza
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Publishers
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015066843650

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1920 by David Pietrusza Pdf

The presidential election of 1920 was one of the most dramatic ever. For the only time in the nation's history, six once-and-future presidents hoped to end up in the White House: Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, and Theodore Roosevelt. It was an election that saw unprecedented levels of publicity — the Republicans outspent the Democrats by 4 to 1 — and it was the first to garner extensive newspaper and newsreel coverage. It was also the first election in which women could vote. Meanwhile, the 1920 census showed that America had become an urban nation — automobiles, mass production, chain stores, and easy credit were transforming the economy and America was limbering up for the most spectacular decade of its history, the roaring '20s. Award-winning historian David Pietrusza's riveting new work presents a dazzling panorama of presidential personalities, ambitions, plots, and counterplots — a picture of modern America at the crossroads.

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387092752

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Luís Trindade
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785331046

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Narratives in Motion by Luís Trindade Pdf

Interwar Portugal was in many ways a microcosm of Europe’s encounter with modernity: reshaped by industrialization, urban growth, and the antagonism between liberalism and authoritarianism, it also witnessed new forms of media and mass culture that transformed daily life. This fascinating study of newspapers in 1920s Portugal explores how the new “modernist reportage” embodied the spirit of the era while mediating some of its most spectacular episodes, from political upheavals to lurid crimes of passion. In the process, Luís Trindade illuminates the twofold nature of that journalism—both historical account and material object, it epitomized a distinctly modern entanglement of narrative and event.

Author : Jim Blanchard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Nineteen twenties
ISBN : 0887555810

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A Diminished Roar by Jim Blanchard Pdf

"The third instalment in Jim Blanchard’s popular history of early Winnipeg, 'A Diminished Roar' presents a city in the midst of enormous change. Once the fastest growing city in Canada, by 1920 Winnipeg was losing its dominant position in western Canada. As the decade began, Winnipeggers were reeling from the chaos of the Great War and the influenza pandemic. But it was the divisions exposed by the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike which left the deepest marks. As Winnipeg wrestled with its changing fortunes, its citizens looked for new ways to imagine the city’s future and identity. Beginning with the opening of the magnificent new provincial legislature building in 1920, A Diminished Roar guides readers through this decade of political and social turmoil. At City Hall, two very different politicians dominated the scene. Winnipeg’s first Labour mayor, S.J. Farmer, pushed for more public services. His rival, Ralph Webb, would act as the city’s chief 'booster' as mayor, encouraging U.S. tourists with the promise of 'snowballs and highballs.' Meanwhile, promoters tried to rekindle the city’s spirits with plans for new public projects, such as a grand boulevard through the middle of the city, a new amusement park, and the start of professional horse racing. In the midst of the Jazz Age, Winnipeg’s teenagers grappled with 'problems of the heart,' and social groups like the Gyro Club organized masked balls for the city’s elite."--

Author : Kathleen Drowne,Patrick Huber
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060059345

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The 1920s by Kathleen Drowne,Patrick Huber Pdf

The American 1920s had many names: the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Dry Decade, and the Flapper generation. Whatever the moniker, these years saw the birth of modern America. This volume shows the many colorful ways the decade altered America, its people, and its future. American Popular Culture Through History volumes include a timeline, cost comparisons, chapter bibliographies, and a subject index. Writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Damon Runyon presented distinct literary visions of the world. Jazz, blues, and country music erupted onto the airwaves. The exploits of Babe Ruth and Murderers' Row helped save baseball from its scandals, while such players as Red Grange and Notre Dame's Four Horsemen brought football to national prominence. Yo-yos, crossword puzzles, and erector sets appeared, along with fads like dance marathons and flagpole sitting. Rudolph Valentino, talkies, and Clara Bow's It girl appeared on the silver screen. Prohibition indirectly led to bootlegging and speakeasies, while the growing rebelliousness of teenagers highlighted an increasing generation gap.

Author : Patricia A. Cunningham
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Design
ISBN : 0873387422

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Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920 by Patricia A. Cunningham Pdf

This work focuses on the efforts toward reforming women's dress that took place in Europe and America in the latter half of the 18th century and the first decade of the 20th century, and the types of garments adopted by women to overcome the challenges posed by fashionable dress. It considers the many advocates for reform and examines their motives, their arguments for change, and how they promoted improvements in women's fashion. Though there was no single overarching dress reform movement, it reveals similarities among the arguments posed by diverse groups of reformers, including especially the equation of reform with an ideal image of improved health. Drawing on a variety of primary and secondary sources in the USA and Europe - including the popular press, advice books for women, allopathic and alternative medical literature, and books on aesthetics, art, health, and physical education - the text makes a significant contribution to costume studies, social history, and women's studies.

Author : Thomas K. McCraw,William R. Childs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119097266

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American Business Since 1920 by Thomas K. McCraw,William R. Childs Pdf

Tells the story of how America’s biggest companies began, operated, and prospered post-World War I This book takes the vantage point of people working within companies as they responded to constant change created by consumers and technology. It focuses on the entrepreneur, the firm, and the industry, by showing—from the inside—how businesses operated after 1920, while offering a good deal of Modern American social and cultural history. The case studies and contextual chapters provide an in-depth understanding of the evolution of American management over nearly 100 years. American Business Since 1920: How It Worked presents historical struggles with decision making and the trend towards relative decentralization through stories of extraordinarily capable entrepreneurs and the organizations they led. It covers: Henry Ford and his competitor Alfred Sloan at General Motors during the 1920s; Neil McElroy at Procter & Gamble in the 1930s; Ferdinand Eberstadt at the government’s Controlled Materials Plan during World War II; David Sarnoff at RCA in the 1950s and 1960s; and Ray Kroc and his McDonald’s franchises in the late twentieth century and early twenty-first; and more. It also delves into such modern success stories as Amazon.com, eBay, and Google. Provides deep analysis of some of the most successful companies of the 20th century Contains topical chapters covering titans of the 2000s Part of Wiley-Blackwell’s highly praised American History Series American Business Since 1920: How It Worked is designed for use in both basic and advanced courses in American history, at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : William Gawan Sewell
Publisher : William Sessions Limited
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015041200695

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Portraits of Chengdu People in the 1920s by William Gawan Sewell Pdf

Author : Miriam Thaggert,Rachel Farebrother
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108834162

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African American Literature in Transition, 1920-1930: Volume 9 by Miriam Thaggert,Rachel Farebrother Pdf

This book analyses historical, literary, and cultural shifts in African American literature from the 1920s-1930s.

Author : Ben Maddison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317319412

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Class and Colonialism in Antarctic Exploration, 1750–1920 by Ben Maddison Pdf

Between 1750 and 1920 over 15,000 people visited Antarctica. Despite such a large number the historiography has ignored all but a few celebrated explorers. Maddison presents a study of Antarctic exploration, telling the story of these forgotten facilitators, he argues that Antarctic exploration can be seen as an offshoot of European colonialism.

Author : Jim Corrigan
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766031314

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The 1920s Decade in Photos by Jim Corrigan Pdf

Describes the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1920-1929.

Author : Karen Offen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107188044

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Debating the Woman Question in the French Third Republic, 1870-1920 by Karen Offen Pdf

A magisterial reconstruction and analysis of the heated debates around the 'woman question' during the French Third Republic.

Author : Alan Bowker
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459722828

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A Time Such as There Never Was Before by Alan Bowker Pdf

Ottawa Book Award 2015 — Shortlisted Between 1918 and 1921 a great storm blew through Canada and raised the expectations of a new world in which all things would be possible.| The years after World War I were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history: a period of unremitting change, drama, and conflict. They were, in the words of Stephen Leacock, “a time such as there never was before.” The war had been a great crusade, promising a world made new. But it had cost Canada sixty thousand dead and many more wounded, and it had widened the many fault lines in a young, diverse country. In a nation struggling to define itself and its place in the world, labour, farmers, businessmen, churches, social reformers, and minorities had extravagant hopes, irrational fears, and contradictory demands. What had this sacrifice achieved? Whose hopes would be realized and whose dreams would end in disillusionment? Which changes would prove permanent and which would be transitory? A Time Such As There Never Was Before describes how this exciting period laid the foundation of the Canada we know today.