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Author Currell, Susan.

Title American culture in the 1920s / Susan Currell
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) : illustrations
Series Twentieth-century American culture
Twentieth-century American culture.
Contents Cover -- Series List -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Case Studies -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of 1920s American Culture -- Introduction The Intellectual Context -- Chapter 1 Fiction, Poetry and Drama -- Chapter 2 Music and Performance -- Chapter 3 Film and Radio -- Chapter 4 Visual Art and Design -- Chapter 5 Consumption and Leisure -- Conclusion The Cultural Legacy of the 1920s -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary The 1920s saw the United States rise to its current status as the leading world superpower, matched by an emerging cultural dominance that characterized the second half of the twentieth century. This book provides an stimulating account of the major cultural and intellectual trends of the decade that have been pivotal to its characterization as 'the jazz age'
Analysis Geschichte 1920-1930
Nineteen twenties
Popular culture United States History 20th century
United States Civilization 1918-1945
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index
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Subject Nineteen twenties -- Social aspects
Popular culture -- 20th century
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Civilization
Kultur
Cultural studies -- Inter-war period, 1918-1939 -- USA.
American history: from c 1900 -- Inter-war period, 1918-1939 -- USA.
Area -- regional studies -- Inter-war period, 1918-1939 -- USA.
Society.
USA, 1920-t.
Populärkultur, USA, 1920-t.
SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139943
United States -- Civilisation
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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