Flapper : a madcap story of sex, style, celebrity, and the women who made America modern
Record details
- ISBN: 9781400080540
- ISBN: 1400080541
- ISBN: 1400080533
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Physical Description:
print
x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm - Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Three Rivers Press, 2006.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Tango pirates and absinthe -- The most popular girl -- Sex o'clock in America -- Will she throw her arms around your neck and yell? -- Flapper King -- Doing it for effect -- I prefer this sort of girl -- Straighten out people -- New York sophistication -- Miss jazz age -- Girlish delight in barrooms -- These modern women -- The lingerie shortage in this country -- A mind full of fabulations -- An athletic kind of girl -- Let go of the waistline -- Into the streets -- Without imagination, no wants -- 10,000,000 femmes fatales -- Appearances count -- Papa, what is beer? -- Oh, little girl, never grow up -- The kind of girl the fellows want -- Another petulant way to pass the time -- The dreamer's dream come true -- Suicide on the installment plan -- Unaffordable excess.
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- Genre:
- Biographies.
Available copies
- 14 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 920 ZEI (Text) | 36015000694170 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
