02704nam 2200649Ia 450 991045436740332120200520144314.01-282-08803-397866120880320-7486-3085-6(CKB)1000000000747947(EBL)434300(OCoLC)367663843(SSID)ssj0000101996(PQKBManifestationID)11138405(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101996(PQKBWorkID)10043350(PQKB)10522450(MiAaPQ)EBC434300(MiAaPQ)EBC4952179(PPN)14441645X(Au-PeEL)EBL434300(CaPaEBR)ebr10288213(Au-PeEL)EBL4952179(CaONFJC)MIL208803(OCoLC)842263628(EXLCZ)99100000000074794720090404d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerican culture in the 1920s[electronic resource] /Susan CurrellEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20091 online resource (273 p.)Twentieth-century American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2521-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-246) and index.Cover; Series List; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Case Studies; Acknowledgements; Chronology of 1920's 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 1920's; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe 1920's 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'.Twentieth-century American culture.National characteristics, AmericanHistoryUnited StatesCivilization1918-1945Electronic books.National characteristics, AmericanHistory.306.097309042973Currell Susan885343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454367403321American culture in the 1920s2445973UNINA