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Houston was already a dynamic city when it experienced an exciting period of accelerated growth in the 1920s and 1930s. The Roaring Twenties began with a national ban on alcohol and ended abruptly with the stock market crash of 1929, but the prominent and influential Jesse Jones ensured the city's part in the economic collapse was minimal. Despite the country's financial woes, Houston's downtown was booming. Skyscrapers set new records in height, forever changing the skyline and appearance of the city. The introduction and widespread use of air-conditioning tamed the stifling heat and humidity for which Houston was known. The National Democratic Convention of 1928 showed the rest of the nation what a modern metropolis Houston had become. This entertaining new book illustrates how Houstonians lived, worked, and played during both the good times and the bad in the early 1900s.

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• Full title: Houston in the 1920s and 1930s
• Author: Story Jones Sloane
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127
• EAN: 9780738571492
• ISBN: 0738571490
• ID: 11470180
• Publisher: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Weight: 322 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 166 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: June 2009

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