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"Remember the Gibson Girl, the Flapper, the Bobbysoxer? Remember Beatlemania--the first time around? You'll find them all in this kaleidoscopic survey of American fads and foibles. Here are the Charleston, the Conga, and the Twist; the flagpole sitters, the goldfish swallowers, and the flash of the stark-naked streakers. Here is madcap America concocting fads, promoting them, feverishly embracing them, institutionalizing them as high chic. lf you're ten, your scraped knees may bear bloody witnes

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Author

Peter L. Skolnik, with Laura Torbet & Nikki Smith

Publisher

Crowell; Brand: Ty Crowell Co; Ty Crowell Co

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780690012163

Category

social science

Subjects

Science, Sociology, History

Updated

2026-03-24