On the Global 1920s

Great synthetic overview of the “global 1920s.” Although a bit eurocentric, it is far less eurocentric than other competing surveys. Normally when regions outside of the West are analyzed, they are countries that were at least nominally independent like Turkey, Egypt, China, Japan, Argentina, and Persia. More focus could be given to the colonial empires, but I can’t complain too much. There isn’t much in the way of argument, but if there is one, it is that “the 1920s were much like the cover photo of this book: a brief dance on the edge of a precipice.” (2)

A brief dance on the edge of a precipice it was.