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Kathleen Drowne, Patrick Huber
ISBN: 0-313-32013-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32013-2
360 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2004
List Price: $55.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Paperback Ebook
Trim Size: 6 x 9
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Description: The American 1920s had many names: the Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Dry Decade, and the Flapper generation. Whatever the moniker, these years saw the birth of modern America. This volume shows the many colorful ways the decade altered America, its people, and its future. American Popular Culture Through History volumes include a timeline, cost comparisons, chapter bibliographies, and a subject index.

Writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Damon Runyon presented distinct literary visions of the world. Jazz, blues, and country music erupted onto the airwaves. The exploits of Babe Ruth and Murderers' Row helped save baseball from its scandals, while such players as Red Grange and Notre Dame's Four Horsemen brought football to national prominence. Yo-yos, crossword puzzles, and erector sets appeared, along with fads like dance marathons and flagpole sitting. Rudolph Valentino, talkies, and Clara Bow's It girl appeared on the silver screen. Prohibition indirectly led to bootlegging and speakeasies, while the growing rebelliousness of teenagers highlighted an increasing generation gap.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
    Series Foreword by Ray B. Browne
    Introduction
    Timeline of Popular Culture Events
    Life and Youth During the 1920s
    Everyday America
    World of Youth
    Popular Culture of the 1920s
    Advertising
    Architecture
    Fashion
    Food and Drink
    Leisure Activities
    Literature
    Music
    Performing Arts
    Travel
    Visual Arts
    Cost of Products
    Notes
    Further Reading
    Index
About the Author: KATHLEEN DROWNE is Assistant Professor on English at the University of Missouri, Rolla.

PATRICK HUBER is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Missouri, Rolla.
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