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Summary: The Roaring Twenties: The Years of Excess Before the Fall
Review: The Cultural History of the United States series looks at the 20th century decade by decade. In considerable detail Erica Hanson explores the Roaring Twenties, a period that really stretches from the end of World War I to the crash of the stock market. "The 1920s" is divided into seven chapters: (1) The Prosperity Bandwagon: The Economy Through the Decade; (2) Prohibition: The Experiment That Failed; (3) Women and the Younger Generation Break with Tradition; (4) Intolerance, which looks at the concerns over immigration and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; (5) Wheels and Wings, which looks at how changes in transportation transformed the nation; (6) Ain't We Got Fun: Arts and Entertainment; and (7) The Great Crash. Hanson also provides an epilogue on the Great Depression. Unlike the previous decades, which were dominated by Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, the 1920s do not have a dominant political figure. Instead, the Roaring Twenties tend to be defined by larger than life figures like Charles Lindbergh and Babe Ruth, who helped to redefine what was possible. Of course, this whole new world would come crashing down at the end of the decade. The name of this series as "A Cultural History of the United States" is somewhat misleading, because although these volumes certainly emphasize cultural aspects of history such as literature, sports and entertainment more than that traditional history textbooks, they certainly do not emphasize American culture. These books cover technology, significant political and social events, trends and music. Sidebars offer details on everything from the trials of Sacco & Vanzetti and John Thomas Scopes to the Dempsey-Tunney Fight and the Harlem Renaissance. Illustrations consist of not only photographs from the period but editorial cartoons, which I always like to see in a history text. While I imagine it might be impractical to have a classroom set of this entire series for each student, these books are an excellent way of providing more depth to the study of the Roaring Twenties than you will ever find in a standard American history textbook. At the very least, this series is a valuable resource to history teachers.
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Summary: The Roaring Twenties: The Years of Excess Before the Fall
Review: The Cultural History of the United States series looks at the 20th century decade by decade. In considerable detail Erica Hanson explores the Roaring Twenties, a period that really stretches from the end of World War I to the crash of the stock market. "The 1920s" is divided into seven chapters: (1) The Prosperity Bandwagon: The Economy Through the Decade; (2) Prohibition: The Experiment That Failed; (3) Women and the Younger Generation Break with Tradition; (4) Intolerance, which looks at the concerns over immigration and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; (5) Wheels and Wings, which looks at how changes in transportation transformed the nation; (6) Ain't We Got Fun: Arts and Entertainment; and (7) The Great Crash. Hanson also provides an epilogue on the Great Depression. Unlike the previous decades, which were dominated by Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, the 1920s do not have a dominant political figure. Instead, the Roaring Twenties tend to be defined by larger than life figures like Charles Lindbergh and Babe Ruth, who helped to redefine what was possible. Of course, this whole new world would come crashing down at the end of the decade. The name of this series as "A Cultural History of the United States" is somewhat misleading, because although these volumes certainly emphasize cultural aspects of history such as literature, sports and entertainment more than that traditional history textbooks, they certainly do not emphasize American culture. These books cover technology, significant political and social events, trends and music. Sidebars offer details on everything from the trials of Sacco & Vanzetti and John Thomas Scopes to the Dempsey-Tunney Fight and the Harlem Renaissance. Illustrations consist of not only photographs from the period but editorial cartoons, which I always like to see in a history text. While I imagine it might be impractical to have a classroom set of this entire series for each student, these books are an excellent way of providing more depth to the study of the Roaring Twenties than you will ever find in a standard American history textbook. At the very least, this series is a valuable resource to history teachers.
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Summary: The 1920s
Review: This book was great! It told a lot, almost everything. You gotta read it! It helps a lot with reports, very detailed.
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Summary: The 1920s
Review: This book was great! It told a lot, almost everything. You gotta read it! It helps a lot with reports, very detailed.
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