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The value of a dollar, 1860-2024 (table) -- 1860-1899: The age of endeavor -- 1900-1919: The progressive era and World War I -- 1920-1939: Return to "normalcy," the Great Depression, and recovery -- 1940-1959: World War II, recovery, and the Cold War -- 1960-1979: The Vietnam War and the global economy -- 1980-1999: From recession to the era of possibilities -- 2000-2009: 9/11, the War on Terror, and the aftermath -- 2010-2014: New beginnings -- 2015-2019: A fractured country -- 2020-2024: Society transformed -- Pricing trends: 1910-2024. Around the house ; Fashion ; Help wanted ; Items in the refrigerator ; The outdoors ; The sports page ; Travel & entertainment -- General sources -- Pricing trends sources -- Further reading -- Index.
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Includes prices for wages, salaries, services, housing, equipment, food, entertainment, education, and products such as hammers, plows, vacuum cleaners, telephones, cameras, shoes, shoe inserts, ties, pants, dance lessons, newspaper subscriptions, movie tickets, train tickets, hotel rooms, baseball gloves, dolls, crayons, pencils, books, wedding invitations, fire insurance, cigars, curtains, paint, watches, beds, butter, coffee, jam, chicken, wine, whiskey, dental crowns, aspirin, lipstick, shaving cream, pianos, cars, etc. Illustrations include facsimiles of advertisements for a wide variety of products, portraits of famous people, graphs, etc.
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