Machine derived contents note 1. The mad kermesse -- 2. 1913: a year of golden plums -- 3. 1913: visions of a new world -- 4. 1915-19 and the gilding of battlefield lilies -- 5. 1919-20: blowing the national trumpet -- 6. The return of the city bushmen -- 7. Aliens among us -- 8. Blues in the jazz age -- 9. Fissure in the imperial landscape -- 10. Crash and aftermath -- 11. Whatever happened to the 'lost generation'? -- Conclusion