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The book characterized the Roaring Twenties not just as a time of optimism but also as an 'anxious decade,' highlighting underlying cultural and political tensions. The author discussed how the book's perspective on the 1920s remained consistent even decades after its initial publication in 1992.
By the title of your book, you characterize it as one of the anxious decades. What did you mean by that, anxious?
— Episode: Roaring Twenties | Anxious Decade | 5
Episode: Roaring Twenties | Anxious Decade | 5
The book characterized the Roaring Twenties not just as a time of optimism but also as an 'anxious decade,' highlighting underlying cultural and political tensions. The author discussed how the book's perspective on the 1920s remained consistent even decades after its initial publication in 1992.
By the title of your book, you characterize it as one of the anxious decades. What did you mean by that, anxious?
Well, I meant that because people were experiencing this burst of what you might call modernism in terms of American culture and politics, entering this era did generate a great deal of anxiety and frustration among a great number of people.
His book Anxious Decades explores the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression.
Your book, Anxious Decades, was published in 1992, almost 30 years ago.