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| The Nervous Generation: American Thought 1917-30 | 
| Author: Roderick Nash
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1046583
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 190
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0929587219
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.91
EAN: 9780929587219
ASIN: 0929587219
Publication Date: February 25, 1990
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Product Description
A major reinterpretation of American thought from 1917 to 1930, with a lively foray into the popular culture of the supposedly roaring twenties.
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A decent college textbook for a week's study November 17, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author, Roderick Nash, does a fine job in refuting the common beliefs about the 1920's. He looks beyond the hype and heroes and looks at the true culture of the era.
Chapter 1 is an Introduction.
Chapter 2 discusses those who popularized the decade in people's minds, and the professionals who teach about it.
Chapter 3 is an overly-long chapter about the Intellectuals of the era, and their takes on war, man, democracy, nation, nature, esthetics, ethics, and existentialism.
Chapter 4 talks about the mood of the people and how that affected the era's heroes, books, crusades, and fith.
Chapter 5 discusses Henry Ford as being representative of the period.
The book is almost a collection of separate essays, as each chapter seems to neglect that the others are there. In total, the book makes for a nice read for one week's worth of college classes, but is not deep enough for more.
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