Historiography

Reviews of books about the 1920s in historiographical context.

  • 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…

  • Historiographic Interpretations of the 1920s: Revealing Hidden Narratives

    The 1920s are often a decade characterized by glamour and excess following World War I. Due to the culture of the twenties, people often only associate the decade with the…

  • Understanding the 1920s Through Historiography

    David J. Goldberg and Jennifer Fronc examine the 1920s through the lens of the twenty-first century. Both recognize how modern society is fascinated by this unique period in American history…

  • Revisiting the History of the 1920s: An Analysis of Historiographical Articles

    Summaries In 2007, David J. Goldberg, a white professor of history at Cleveland State University,  provided an overview of the evolving way in which historians have analyzed the 1920s in…

  • Historiography of the 1920s

    Introduction As the context in which history is interpreted changes, historical interpretations change as well. For example, the way that historians view minority groups today is very different from how…

  • Historiography of the 1920s

    Henry May’s 1956 journal article titled “Shifting Perspectives on the 1920s” and Jennifer Fronc’s 2018 journal article titled “The 1920s–A Historiographical Survey” were published approximately 60 years apart. They both…

  • Historiography of the 1920s

    By looking at two different scholarly articles on the 1920s one can get an idea of the historiography of the 1920s has developed. The two articles that will be analyzed…

  • Historiography of the 1920s

    Yuto Nakajima Introduction Despite the fact that history remains permanent and unchanging as time passes, the nature of history fluctuates with historians revisiting the past with new ideas and philosophies.…

  • Historiography of the 1920’s

    The two historiographical articles that will be discussed are  “Nationalism, Immigration Control, and the Ethno-racial Remapping of America in the 1920s”  by Mae M. Ngai, published in 2007, and “Shifting…

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    The First State Execution Using Lethal Gas

    Overview The 1920s aimed to bring American society to the modern world amidst the political corruption, victimization of industrialization, and growth of the Socialist Party. During this time, many social…

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