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When the World Broke in Two: The Roaring Twenties and the Dawn of America's Culture Wars
Contributor(s): Ryan, Erica (Author)
ISBN: 1440842248     ISBN-13: 9781440842245
Publisher: Praeger
OUR PRICE:   $44.55  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- History | United States - 20th Century
- History | Women
Dewey: 909.22
LCCN: 2018022565
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" (1.1 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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Publisher Description:

Americans have been embroiled in debate over culturally significant issues including race and immigration, gender and sexuality, and morality and religion for decades. American culture as we know it is an amalgamation of generations of Americans' voices in these national debates, many of which began in the 1920s.

This book provides a detailed account of 1920s America within the context of these issues. The first on its subject written by a historian in almost 20 years, it offers a fresh perspective of America during the Roaring Twenties and on the history of the very same social and political battles we struggle with today.

Useful for students and history enthusiasts alike, this work gives readers a holistic view of a popular decade and encourages discussion about its continued relevance to modern society. Other important topics covered include city values versus rural values, creationism versus evolutionism, the modern woman, and Prohibition.