Only Yesterday and Since Yesterday

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This is a reprint of two books in a single volume. Only yesterday: an informal history of the 1920s, written in 1931, offers a well?written historical and anecdotal account of the volatile stock market of 1920s America. It traces the rise of post World War I prosperity up to the crash of 1929 before a colourful backdrop that includes Al Capone, Prohibition, the first radio, and the rise and fall of the skirt length. Since yesterday: the 1930s in America, published in 1940, ranges across subjects political, cultural and sociological unfolding a panorama of America trying to slough off the Great Depression and Prohibition while determinedly standing clear of a European war