This book is divided into two volumes. The first volume recounts the social history of American life from 1918 to 1929, from Prohibition to Black Tuesday, from Chicago gangs to President Harding's scandal, from showgirls to speakeasies... After the end of World War I, the United States quickly entered the "Roaring 20s," with rapid economic development, dazzling modern cities, and new products and technologies (such as radio and film) making people's lives more abundant and chaotic. However, all this economic bubble and prosperity eventually reached its nadir with the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The second volume recounts the social history of American life from 1929 to 1939, covering multiple fields such as politics, culture, and sociology. The Great Depression, Roosevelt's New Deal, and the Dust Bowl that swept across the American West...
本书分为两册, 上册叙述了1918-1929年间美国的社会生活史, 从禁酒令到黑色星期二, 从芝加哥黑帮到哈丁总统的丑闻, 从艳舞女郎到地下酒吧……一战结束后, 美国迅速进入了“咆哮的20年代”, 经济高速发展, 摩登都市令人目眩神迷, 新的商品、新的技术 (广播、电影等) 让民众的生活变得更加丰富而混乱, 然而这一切经济的泡沫和繁华, 终将在1929年华尔街崩盘的那一刻陷入谷底。下册叙述了1929-1939年的美国社会生活史, 涉及政治、文化和社会学等多个领域。经济大萧条、罗斯福新政、席卷美国西部的沙尘
本书分为两册, 上册叙述了1918-1929年间美国的社会生活史, 从禁酒令到黑色星期二, 从芝加哥黑帮到哈丁总统的丑闻, 从艳舞女郎到地下酒吧……一战结束后, 美国迅速进入了“咆哮的20年代”, 经济高速发展, 摩登都市令人目眩神迷, 新的商品、新的技术 (广播、电影等) 让民众的生活变得更加丰富而混乱, 然而这一切经济的泡沫和繁华, 终将在1929年华尔街崩盘的那一刻陷入谷底。下册叙述了1929-1939年的美国社会生活史, 涉及政治、文化和社会学等多个领域。经济大萧条、罗斯福新政、席卷美国西部的沙尘
