The Lawless Decade

Author : Paul Sann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:612920373

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The Lawless Decade by Paul Sann Pdf

Author : Paul Sann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : New Deal, 1933-1939
ISBN : OCLC:883405943

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The Lawless Decade by Paul Sann Pdf

Author : Paul Sann
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486130781

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The Lawless Decade by Paul Sann Pdf

From the start of Prohibition to the Wall Street Crash, these lively vignettes portray the most noteworthy people and events of the 1920s. Hundreds of photographs depict gangsters, flappers, movie stars, other personalities.

Author : Paul Sann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : United States
ISBN : OCLC:633941936

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The Lawless Decade by Paul Sann Pdf

Author : Paul Sann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:504717138

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The Lawless Decade. A pictorial history of a great American transition: from the World War I armistice and prohibition to repeal and the New Deal, etc by Paul Sann Pdf

Author : Robert G. Torricelli,Andrew Caroll
Publisher : Kodansha America
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1568362919

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In Our Own Words by Robert G. Torricelli,Andrew Caroll Pdf

This collection of more than 150 speeches aims to capture the essence of American oration, presented in chronological order from 1900 across a range of themes and experience. The book includes many historically important speeches. This collection of more than 150 speeches aims to capture the essence of American oration, presented in chronological order from 1900 across a range of themes and experience. The book includes many historically important speeches, from the early years of the century and Plunkitt's honest grafy' to Clinton's apology to the American people over'

Author : D. Fatma Türe
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443878791

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Facts and Fantasies by D. Fatma Türe Pdf

The question of women and their rights was a prominent and ongoing topic of debate in the popular press of Turkey in the 1920s. This work presents an insightful analysis of those debates and follows its traces in obscene literature of the period, as a marginal, but influential branch of popular literature. Popular literature of the time carefully scrutinizes urban Istanbul women in particular, from their biological responsibilities to their behavior in the public arena, down to their clothes and their relations with the opposite sex. It was believed that it was urban women above all who threatened the contemporary social order. Bearing in mind that the traditional faith-based, patriarchal Ottoman social system began to disintegrate after the First World War, and was increasingly replaced by a nationalist and modern, but still patriarchal, structure, this book shows that the popular press sought to integrate women as individuals into the new social structure and define them according to common social perceptions. Women who defied society’s definition of the ideal woman were often depicted as heroines in popular obscene stories. While these stories offered a social fantasy in which society’s concerns and paranoia about women turned into reality, from another perspective, they also reflected the ongoing social disintegration after years of secrecy and seclusion, and the excitement and awkwardness felt both by men and women as a result of coexisting in the same environment.

Author : William F. McNeil
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786481293

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Gabby Hartnett by William F. McNeil Pdf

Gabby Harnett is believed by many to be the greatest catcher of all time. This work chronicles Hartnett's life from his early years in Millville, Massachusetts, through his twenty-year career with the Chicago Cubs as player and manager, his time in various capacities in the minor leagues and with the New York Giants and Kansas City Athletics, to his post-major league career as a businessman in Chicago. His childhood, early baseball experiences with the local team and with a nearby prep school, and his first professional baseball season with the Worcester Boosters of the Eastern League are covered in detail. Hartnett's major league career as the catcher for the Cubs is well-documented, including his near career-ending arm injury in 1929, the 1932 World Series that featured Babe Ruth's legendary "called shot," and Hartnett's famous "homer in the gloamin" against the Pittsburgh Pirates that propelled Chicago to the 1938 National League pennant. The author also compares Hartnett's statistics to those of his famous contemporaries, Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey, on a year-by-year basis.

Author : James S. Olson,Mariah Gumpert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216122630

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The New Era of the 1920s by James S. Olson,Mariah Gumpert Pdf

This invaluable resource covers all aspects of 1920s political, artistic, popular, and economic culture in America, supporting the AP U.S. history curriculum through topical and biographical entries, primary documents, sample documents-based essay questions, and period-specific learning objectives. The 1920s, despite President Harding's "return to normalcy," were a time of both great cultural and social advancement as well as various forms of oppression in the United States. Bookended in history by two world wars, this period saw the rise of tabloid journalism and mass media; the banning and reinstatement of alcohol; the advent of voting rights for women and Native Americans; movements such as the Red Scare, labor strikes, the Harlem Renaissance, and racial protests; and the global reorganization that occurred as the major powers fumbled their way through postwar foreign policy and the League of Nations. Almost no element of U.S. society was untouched. The New Era of the 1920s: Key Themes and Documents provides high school students taking the Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. history course and undergraduates taking a lower level American history survey course with an invaluable study guide and targeted test preparation material. Much more than just an AP test-taking study guide, this new title in ABC-CLIO's Unlocking American History series is a true reference source for the societal, political, and economic history of a specific period covered in the AP U.S. history course. Readers will also benefit from features designed for student exam preparation, such as a sample documents-based essay question and period-specific learning objectives that are in alignment with the 2014 AP U.S. History Curriculum Framework.

Author : Glenn Stout
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780358067771

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Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid by Glenn Stout Pdf

"A thrilling Jazz Age chronicle of America's first gangster couple, Margaret and Richard Whittemore"--

Author : Michelle Ann Abate
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781421408408

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Bloody Murder by Michelle Ann Abate Pdf

"Off with her head!" decreed the Queen of Hearts, one of a multitude of murderous villains populating the pages of children's literature explored in this volume. Given the long-standing belief that children ought to be shielded from disturbing life events, it is surprising to see how many stories for kids involve killing. Bloody Murder is the first full-length critical study of this pervasive theme of murder in children’s literature. Through rereadings of well-known works, such as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, and The Outsiders, Michelle Ann Abate explores how acts of homicide connect these works with an array of previously unforeseen literary, social, political, and cultural issues. Topics range from changes in the America criminal justice system, the rise of forensic science, and shifting attitudes about crime and punishment to changing cultural conceptions about the nature of evil and the different ways that murder has been popularly presented and socially interpreted. Bloody Murder adds to the body of inquiry into America's ongoing fascination with violent crime. Abate argues that when narratives for children are considered along with other representations of homicide in the United States, they not only provide a more accurate portrait of the range, depth, and variety of crime literature, they also alter existing ideas about the meaning of violence, the emotional appeal of fear, and the cultural construction of death and dying.

Author : Mitchel P. Roth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 761 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351373777

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A History of Crime and the American Criminal Justice System by Mitchel P. Roth Pdf

This book offers a history of crime and the criminal justice system in America, written particularly for students of criminal justice and those interested in the history of crime and punishment. It follows the evolution of the criminal justice system chronologically and, when necessary, offers parallels between related criminal justice issues in different historical eras. From its antecedents in England to revolutionary times, to the American Civil War, right through the twentieth century to the age of terrorism, this book combines a wealth of resources with keen historical judgement to offer a fascinating account of the development of criminal justice in America. A new chapter brings the story up to date, looking at criminal justice through the Obama era and the early days of the Trump administration. Each chapter is broken down into four crucial components related to the American criminal justice system from the historical perspective: lawmakers and the judiciary; law enforcement; corrections; and crime and punishment. A range of pedagogical features, including timelines of key events, learning objectives, critical thinking questions and sources, as well as a full glossary of key terms and a Who’s Who in Criminal Justice History, ensures that readers are well-equipped to navigate the immense body of knowledge related to criminal justice history. Essential reading for Criminal Justice majors and historians alike, this book will be a fascinating text for anyone interested in the development of the American criminal justice system from ancient times to the present day.

Author : Niall Palmer
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748626717

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Twenties in America by Niall Palmer Pdf

This new, revisionist approach to the Twenties in America offers the first balanced account of the history and politics of this much-maligned decade. Focusing on the two Presidents of the 1920s, the book points out key distinctions between the governing styles and political philosophies of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. It suggests Harding's executive style and achievements were not as poor as traditional portraits have claimed. Coolidge is presented in terms of his largely successful efforts to distance himself from the financial scandals associated with his predecessor and his encouragement of the major revival of much of the US economy. The author argues that the pace of social and technological change resulted in lines of conflict over poverty, race, religion and employment rights being redrawn as living standards rose, home and working conditions changed and old prejudices were challenged. Consequently, politicians found that old solutions became increasingly irrelevant to new realities. The narrative is placed in the familiar context of the Twenties: the motor car, jazz, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hollywood, mass consumerism and the flapper.

Author : Rosemary Ingham,Liz Covey
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781478652823

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The Costume Technician's Handbook by Rosemary Ingham,Liz Covey Pdf

Since its first publication in 1980, The Costume Technician's Handbook has established itself as an indispensable resource in classrooms and costume shops. Ingham and Covey draw on decades of hands-on experience to provide the most complete guide to developing costumes that are personally distinctive and artistically expressive. No other book covers the same breadth of necessary topics for every aspect of costuming, from the basics of setting up a costume shop to managing one and everything in between.

Author : Charles J. Shindo
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700621132

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1927 and the Rise of Modern America by Charles J. Shindo Pdf

When Charles Lindbergh landed at LeBourget Airfield on May 21, 1927, his transatlantic flight symbolized the new era-not only in aviation but also in American culture. The 1920s proved to be a transitional decade for the United States, shifting the nation from a production-driven economy to a consumption-based one, with adventurous citizens breaking new ground even as many others continued clinging to an outmoded status quo. In his new book, Charles Shindo reveals how one year in particular encapsulated the complexity of this transformation in American culture. Shindo's absorbing look at 1927 shatters the stereotypes of the Roaring '20s as a time of frivolity and excess, revealing instead a society torn between holding on to its glorious past while trying to navigate a brave new world. His book is a compelling and entertaining dissection of the year that has come to represent the apex of 1920s culture, combining references from popular films, music, literature, sports, and politics in a captivating look back at change in the making. As Shindo notes, while Lindbergh's flight was a defining event, there were others: The Jazz Singer, for example, brought sound to the movies, and the 15 millionth Model T rolled off of Ford's assembly line. Meanwhile, the era's supposed live-for-today frivolity was clouded by Prohibition, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. Such events, Shindo explains, reflected a fundamental disquiet running beneath the surface of a nation seeking to accommodate and understand a broad array of changes—from new technology to natural disasters, from women's forays into the electorate to African-Americans' migration to the urban north. Shindo, however, also notes that this was an era of celebrity. He not only examines why Lindbergh and Ford were celebrated but also considers the rise and growing popularity of the infamous, like convicted murderers Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray, and he illuminates the explosive growth of professional sports and stars like baseball's Babe Ruth. In addition, he takes a close look at cinematic heroines like Mary Pickford and the "It" girl Clara Bow to demonstrate the conflicting images of women in popular culture. Distinctive and insightful, Shindo's richly detailed analysis of 1927's key events and personalities reveals the multifaceted ways in which people actually came to grips with change and learned to embrace an increasingly modern America.