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David Blanke
ISBN: 0-313-36116-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36116-6
344 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2008
List Price: $25.00 (UK Sterling Price: £17.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Also Available: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "Many works deal with the flavor of the times through pictorial studies. Not this volume. It concentrates on an analysis of various topics and provides advanced essays for the serious researcher."
    —Gale-Reference for Students     9/1/2002
  • "Anyone interested in early-20th-century social or cultural history or popular culture will find this book a proverbial page-turner....Recommended for all general and academic levels/collections."
    —Choice     2/1/2003
Description: The decade of the 1910s saw the United States rise above strictly European cultural influences as the mixing of race, ethnicity, class, and gender yielded colorful fusions within American society. Historian David Blanke delves into the cornucopia of activities, trends, and events that shaped and enriched the day-to-day lives of Americans in this decade. Twelve scrupulously researched chapters bring to life all of the important aspects of popular culture in 1910s America: from Birth of a Nation to the Black Sox scandal, the Teddy Bear to Tarzan, breakfast cereal to the first brassiere. This lead title in Greenwood's forthcoming American Popular Culture Through History series shows the many facets of American society merging to form the beginnings of the United States' eclectic 20th century culture.

This debut volume launches a series designed to be advanced yet accessible, informative yet fun. Students researching the history of American art, film, literature, music, and sports will be taken beyond the names and dates in their textbooks and learn about the interests, styles, and tastes of past Americans. Series volumes will also include a timeline of significant cultural events as well as a cost comparison list of commonly used items. This valuable reference resource will introduce students to things, activities, and people that enriched and defined the lives of Americans in the seminal years of 1910 to 1919. These collages of culture will enrich the research of high school or college students and help them see how Americans' lives, aspirations, dreams, even the idea of what it is to be American, have evolved in the past—and will continue to change in the future.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Timeline of Popular Culture
    Everyday America
    World of Youth
    Advertising
    Architecture
    Fashion
    Food
    Games and Toys, Fads and Hobbies, Recreations and Sports
    Literature
    Music
    Performing Arts
    Travel
    Visual Arts
    Cost of Products
    Further Reading
    Index
About the Author: David Blanke is currently Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. He is the author of Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest.
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