Essays

Blog posts that explore some aspect of the 1920s

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    The Leopold and Loeb Case

    Overview The 1920s were an era of prosperity, optimism, change, and crime. Mob and gang violence, alcohol smuggling, and robbery were all prevalent in the United States, as well as…

  • Historiography of the 1920s in American Textbooks

    The two chapters I looked at are “The Roaring Life of the 1920s” from The Americans (2005) and “Prosperity’s Promise” from The Adventure Of American People (1966), while the article…

  • Historiography of the 1920s in American History Textbooks

    Between 1947 and 2004, the processes of documenting and analyzing American history underwent drastic changes in terms of which topics were covered, and the tone used to address different issues.…

  • A group of men bound by rope walk down the street with police officers escorting them.

    The Shanghai Massacre

    Overview The Shanghai Massacre of April 12, 1927, is an event that embodies the sheer chaos of political party rivalries in China during the 1920s and the potency of anti-communist…

  • 1920s Visualization Blog Post

    The two chapters that I chose to focus on were “Political Problems of the 1920’s” (1964), and “American Life in the ‘Roaring Twenties” (1998). The article that I will referencing…

  • The Modern Temper (Chapters 4-6) and The Jazz Singer

    For a second time, The Jazz Singer plays again. There is more to be discussed with this film in terms of the themes of The Modern Temper, as it focuses…

  • The First Trans-African Flight (and the Modern Temper)

    The first trans-African flight, which took place between February 4th and March 20th 1920, was one of the many feats aviation innovations during the early 1900s. Advancement in technology form…

  • Museum of Modern Art Blog Post

    The Museum of Modern Art was founded during the end of the 1920s. The origins of the Museum was riddled with themes of the 20’s, while also challenging and or…

  • Anti-Reform Sentiment and the Columbine Mine Massacre

    The 1927 Columbine Mine Massacre was part of a greater pattern of unsuccessful coal strikes in the 1920s. According to Lynn Dumenil’s book The Modern Temper, strikes were rare during…

  • China and International Anti-Communism in the 1920s

    The purging of communist leaders and supporters by the Chinese Nationalist Party in 1927 serves as a grim reminder of the intensity of anti-communist ideology during the 1920s, and the…

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