Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index.
Contents
Introduction: a century's worth of old (and new) words -- 1900-1919 : modern times -- The twenties : flappers and flaming youth -- The thirties : swinging cats in Hooverville -- The forties : Rosie the riveter and G.I. Joe -- The fifties : hipsters in Squaresville -- The sixties : getting with it -- The seventies : pet rocks and plumbers -- The eighties : tubular times -- The nineties : dot-comming into Y2K -- Afterword : good-bye to a great century.
