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An attractive and detailed account of the twenties - a hectic decade which saw the growth of broadcasting, motoring, aviation and cinema. There was also the grimmer side of the twenties. The triumph of Fascism in Italy, the emergence of gangsters in the United States, the misery and bitterness of a world which had not yet recovered from the horrors of World War One. The reference section sets out the main figures and events of the period. The projects section shows you how to make a collection of model cars, how to chart speed records, how to build a crystal radio set. The shattered continent The Roaring Twenties Civil war in Russia Aviation Labour unrest American society Gandhi's fight for freedom Mussolini in Italy Cars The Middle East The arts The Ruhr takeover The Munich Putsch Sport Russia in the twenties Science in the twenties Popular entertainment China and Japan Moving pictures Gangsters and prohibition The birth of broadcasting Colonial empires in Africa The Wall Street Crash REFERENCE SECTION: Literature in the twenties The Main Events 1919-29 Who was who Project: model cars; record charts; crystal set Index