Tag: 1920s

Free Download Alexandra Seibel, "Visions of Vienna: Narrating the City in 1920s and 1930s Cinema "
English | ISBN: 9462981892 | 2017 | 260 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Vienna, with its stunning architecture and unforgettable streetscape, has long provided a backdrop for filmmakers. Visions of Vienna offers a close look at how directors such as Erich von Stroheim, Ernst Lubitsch, and Max Ophüls made use of the city, and how the nostalgic glorification of the Habsburg era can be seen as directly tied to crucial issues of modernity. Films set in Vienna, Alexandra Seibel shows, persistently articulate the experience of displacement due to emigration, changing gender relations and anti-feminism, class distinction, and anti-Semitism, themes that run counter to the ongoing mystification of Vienna as the incarnation of "waltz dreams" and schmaltz.

Free Download 1920s Fashions from B. Altman & Company By Altman & Co.
1998 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 0486402932 | EPUB | 46 MB
Over 700 black-and-white illustrations, detailed descriptions, and prices for a vast array of upscale women’s clothing and accessories appear among these highlights from rare 1920s B. Altman & Company catalogs. Stylized drawings of flappers depict sophisticated dresses, bathing suits, cloche hats, shoes, and more. A selection of attire for men and children is included.

Free Download Classic American Crime Fiction of the 1920s annotated by Leslie S. Klinger
English | October 2, 2018 | ISBN: 1681778610 | True EPUB | 1152 pages | 72.6 MB
A riveting collection of five of the most famous crime novels of the 1920s, presenting anew some of the most admired authors of the era-with insightful annotations by the Edgar-winning anthologist Leslie S. Klinger.

Free Download Dahris Martin, "Among The Faithful: Tunisia in the 1920s"
English | 2003 | pages: 174 | ISBN: 1900209047 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
Dahris Martin, a young American, arrived in the holy city of Kairouan in the late 1920s. There she was privileged to witness traditional Tunisian domestic life from within. Her unique portrait of the city and people tells of bare-foot pilgrims and Bedouin, the deflowering of virgin brides, spirit possession, and dances held for djinn. The author was born in New York, studied at Columbia, and worked for Doubleday, before embarking for Tunisia. Originally published in 1937.