Boom and bust, 1920-1939

by Richard B. Morris

Uses excerpts from letters, diaries, novels, poetry, press reports, documents, and other contemporary sources to portray the history of and way of life in the United States between the two world wars.

64 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1976

About the author

Richard Brandon Morris was Gouverneur Morris Professor of History at Columbia University & past president of the American Historical Association. He wrote more than 40 books spanning legal, labor, diplomatic, political & social history, including The Peacemakers: The Great Powers & American Independence, The Forging of the Union 1781-89, Witnesses at the Creation, Government & Labor in Early America & Studies in the History of American Law. He lectured throughout the world, serving as Fulbright Research Professor at the Sorbonne & Distinguished Professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin.