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Author Giordano, Ralph G.

Title Fun and games in twentieth-century America : a historical guide to leisure / Ralph G. Giordano.

Imprint Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  790.0904 G437f 2003    ---  Available
Description xv, 304 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-281) and index.
Contents The Progressive Era and reformers: 1900-1914 -- The War to end all wars: 1914-1918 -- Black death to black Tuesday: 1919-1929 -- The Great Depression and the New Deal: 1929-1939 -- The Good War and the aftermath: 1940-1946 -- Television, teenagers, and rock and roll: 1947-1964 -- The jet age and turbulence: 1964-1979 -- Yuppies, Star Wars, and MTV: 1980-1992 -- Generation X, the Internet, and virtual reality: 1992-2000.
Subject Leisure -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Lifestyles -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0313322163 (alk. paper)
9780313322167 (alk. paper)

 
    
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