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Fads: America's Crazes, Fevers and Fancies from the 1890's to the 1970's by Peter L. Skolnik, with Laura Torbet & Nikki Smith is a social science available to read on EtoBox.

What is Fads: America's Crazes, Fevers and Fancies from the 1890's to the 1970's about?

"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

Who reads Fads: America's Crazes, Fevers and Fancies from the 1890's to the 1970's?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

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

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