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During all this, of course, the relics of [[The Gay Nineties]], now doughty dowagers and grumpy old Colonels, look on disapprovingly, from short skirts and hair, to make-up and swimming wear.
One should also note that while things were just swell in America, Britain and much of Western Europe (where it was dubbed [[The Golden Twenties]] across [[The Pond]]), if you were in an area hard hit by [[World War I]] (say, [[Weimar Republic|Germany]], [[Fascist Italy|Italy]], [[The Soviet Twenties|Russia]], Turkey or the entire Caucasus Mountains region before the Soviets annexed it) this was ''not'' a fun time. (Even some of the victors, like the Dominion of Newfoundland, were left with mountains of war debt.) However, it doesn't mean that they didn't try, once they were able to pull themselves together again. However, in Germany, there are right-wing paramilitary groups who have some very grand ambitions and there will be a few people who get a chilling feeling that [[Adolf Hitler|one loudmouth Austrian with a toothbrush mustache]] is going to be very big trouble.
For example, [[The Soviet Twenties|Soviet Russia]] (called USSR since 1922), after a devastating civil war, experienced a short period of economic growth thanks to the NEP (new economic policy), a series of reforms that allowed free enterprise and private property. A new Soviet bourgeoisie was born, with a penchant for over-the-top parties and a slavish fascination with American fashion, music and dance. The Soviet [[Nouveau Riche]] (typically called a ''nepman'') was a stock character in 20's Russian satire.
Often a nostalgic setting during [[The Fifties]] and [[The Sixties]]. This period
For the 1939 movie of the same name, click [[The Roaring Twenties (film)|here.]]
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