Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern by Joshua Zeitz

by Joshua Zeitz

Paperback

Published January 1, 1704

About the author

Josh Zeitz has taught American history and politics at Cambridge University, Harvard University, and Princeton University. He is the author of several books on American political and social history and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Dissent, American Heritage, and Mother Jones.

Josh also appeared as a commentator on two PBS documentaries –Boomer Century, and Ken Burns's Prohibition.

A former gubernatorial speechwriter and policy aide, Josh earned his B.A. with highest honors at Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in American History at Brown University. He lives in Hoboken and Ocean Grove, New Jersey with his wife, Angela Zeitz, an artist, and their two daughters.

Follow him on Twitter at @JoshuaMZeitz

Reviews

[Chris DiGiovanni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Immensely readable and fun to peruse, this book is a great primer for a topic that’s been much misunderstood. While Zeitz’s work could use a bit more fleshing out as it comes to issues of race and equity in the years following World War I, I still recommend this book highly.