"Only Yesterday" has a feel of a modern day writer that climbed into a time machine, traveled back to , lived 10 years in New York, then wrote this book while living in I expected to drudge through some outdated language, and have to look up items and names that were relevant at the time/5(). Originally published in , Only Yesterday traces the rise of post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of against a colorful backdrop of jazz, flappers, speakeasies, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. In this span between armistice and depression, Americans were kicking up their heels, but they were also bringing about major changes in the social and political /5(). National Humanities Center Frederick Lewis Allen, Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the Nineteen Twenties, , selections 3 Strikes and riots and legislative enactments and judicial rulings against radicals continued, but with the coming of the summer of there were at least other things to compete for the attention of theFile Size: KB.
― Frederick Lewis Allen, Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the s. 0 likes. Like "Human nature, the world over, was beginning to show a new side, as it has shown it at the end of every war in history. The compulsion for unity was gone, and division was taking its place. The compulsion for idealism was gone, and realism was in the. To aid in understanding the year , I read Frederick Lewis Allen's history of the s, Only Yesterday, which was published in and has been justifiably acclaimed (and remained in print. Frederick Lewis Allen () was born in Boston, studied at Groton, and graduated from Harvard in He was assistant and associate editor of Harper's Magazine for eighteen years, then the magazine's sixth editor in chief for twelve years until his death. In addition to The Lords of Creation, Allen was well known for Only Yesterday.
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the s (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) Frederick Lewis Allen. out of 5 stars. Paperback. offers from $ The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers. Mary Norton. out of 5 stars. National Humanities Center Frederick Lewis Allen, Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the Nineteen Twenties, , selections 3 Strikes and riots and legislative enactments and judicial rulings against radicals continued, but with the coming of the summer of there were at least other things to compete for the attention of the. Originally published in , Only Yesterday traces the rise of post-World War I prosperity up to the Wall Street crash of against a colorful backdrop of jazz, flappers, speakeasies, the first radio, and the scandalous rise of skirt hemlines. In this span between armistice and depression, Americans were kicking up their heels, but they were also bringing about major changes in the social and political structure of their country.
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