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Lifetimes:The Great War to the Stock Market Crash The years between World War I and the stock market crash marked the arrival of the United States as a world military, business, scientific, and cultural leader. Substantial biographical accounts of 60 Americans who influenced or represented their times are combined with portraits, photographs, and rare primary documents written by or relating to the subject. The list of American luminaries includes artists, musicians, athletes, scientists, and political and social leaders. Published by Greenwood, 2002
"This alphabetically arranged biographical encyclopedia is an especially effective way of presenting history in an immediate and engaging style. Representative personalities are used to illustrate various aspects if American politics, society, and culture from approximately 1917 to 1930. Sixty individuals are profiled in original biographies accompanied by primary source material... This title is recommended for high-school and public library collections. Though there are numerous other biographical reference sources, the combination of biography and primary source material makes this one particularly interesting for both researchers and browsers." —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin "Recommended for high schools. The persons profiled may have information elsewhere, but bringing them together in one spot makes this a good purchase. " —Gale Reference for Students "The essays are accurate, readable, and objective, and the primary-source materials often reflect both positive and negative assessments of controversial figures....This valuable complement to more general narrative histories of this era will help researchers understand the role these individuals had in forming the public attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of the jazz era. " —School Library Journal
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