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Decades of the 20th Century:  The 20s

A selected list of books on the history, music, fashions, politics and events of the decades.

20's -- 30's -- 40's -- 50's -- 60's -- 70's -- 80's

The 20's
070.5094436 BEA Fitch, Noel Riley. Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties, 1983

306.40904 HAL

Hall, Carolyn. The Twenties in Vogue, 1983

322.42082 BLE

Blee, Kathleen. Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920's, 1991

330.971 INN

Innis, Mary Quayle. An Economic History of Canada, 1954

330.971062 BER

Berton, Pierre. The Great Depression 1929-1939,. 1990

391.00973 EVE

Everyday Fashions of the Twenties: As Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs, 1981

391.20971 ROU

Routh, Caroline. In Style: 100 Years of Canadian Women's Fashion, 1993

391.941 RUB

Ruby, Jennifer. The 1920s and 1930s,1992

645.0941 WAR

Ward, Mary. Home in the Twenties and Thirties, 1978

728.370973 GOW

Gowans, Alan. The Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890-1930, 1986

745.444 BAT Battersby, Martin. The Decorative Twenties, 1969

780.971 FOR

Ford, Clifford. Canada's Music: an Historical Survey, 1982

796.83092 DEM Kahn, Roger. A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s, 1999
810.992870904 MEA Meade, Marion. Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties, 2004
818.5202 ROG Rogers, Will. Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties, 1989
909.822 UNS Unstead, R. J. The Twenties: an Illustrated History in Colour, 1919-1929, 1973

917.303 TIM

This Fabulous Century. 8 v. set, vol 3, 1985

971.00202 MYE

Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates, 2005

971.06 BOT

Bothwell, Robert. Canada, 1900-1945, 1987

971.06 CRA

The Crazy Twenties: 1920-1930, 1978

971.202 GRA Gray, James H. The Roar of the Twenties, 1975

971.3541 WHI

White, Randall. Too Good To Be True: Toronto In the 1920's, 1993

971.62 THO

Thompson, John Herd. Canada 1922-1939: Decades of Discord, 1985

973.9 AME Andrist, Ralph K. American Heritage: History of the 20's and 30's, 1970
973.91 LIN Lindop, Edmund. Modern America: the Dazzling Twenties, [1970]
973.91 SEV Severn, Bill. The End of the Roaring Twenties; Prohibition and Repeal, [1969]

973.915 DUM

Dumenil, Lynn. The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920's,. 1995

Non-circulating Items

391.20971 COL
CTR Burlington Collection - ask staff

Collard, Eileen. Women's Dress in the 1920's: An Outline of Women's Clothes in Canada, 1981

971 CAN

LeFolii, Ken. The Canadian Look: A Century of Sights and Styles, 1965

CDs
M Jazz ELL Ellington, Duke. In the Twenties, 1993
M Jazz ROB Rob McConnell Tentet. Music of the Twenties, 2003
X Popular LIG The Big Hits of the 20's, 1988
Videos/DVDs
791.43617 GOL The Golden Age of Comedy: the 20's and 30's, 1992
971.06 BET Between Two Wars Compilation, 1989
971.062 CAN Canada in the 1920's, 1996

MK/updated August 2008

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