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American Culture in The 1920s

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ISBN-10: 0748625224

ISBN-13: 9780748625222

Edition: 2009

Authors: Susan Currell

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In the decade following the end of World War I, the United States roseto its current seat as the leading world superpower matched by an emerging culturaldominance that would come to characterize the second half of the twentieth century.American Culture in the 1920s is an engaging account of themajor cultural and intellectual trends that were pivotal to the decade'scharacterization as "the jazz age." Avoiding superficialrepresentations of the era as the "roaring twenties" plagued by a"lost generation," the volume provides a full portrait thatincludes chapters on literature, music and performance, film and radio, visual artand design, and the unprecedented rise of leisure and consumption.
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Book details

List price: $20.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 3/21/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

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