The Gay Nineties in America: A Cultural Dictionary of the 1890s

by Robert L. Gale

From a vantage point 100 years later, one can look back on the excitement and ferment of a turbulent decade and find the seeds of the joys and anguish, the excesses and successes of the twentieth century. Whether for browsing or research, readers will reap rewards from this entertaining and enlightening alphabetical compendium of the persons, events, institutions, and ideas of the era.

Taking the emergence of modern American literature--with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313278199
• ISBN13: 9780313278198
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"