Author: kconley

Ramapo College sophomore majoring in History and minoring in Museum Studies + Music Industry  
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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…

  • 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 4-6: Leopold and Loeb

    Some aspects of the murder of Bobby Franks by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb relate to themes brought up in chapters 4, 5, and 6 of The Modern Temper by…

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    The Death of Harry Houdini

    Overview Entertainment involving performers was immensely popular in the 1920s, such as movies, theater, music, dancing, and sports. Perhaps the most famous performer was illusionist Harry Houdini. Houdini was a…

  • The Modern Temper chapters 1-3 and the death of Harry Houdini

    Harry Houdini’s death most directly relates to the major chapter ideas of chapter 2 of Lynn Demenil’s book The Modern Temper, “Work and Consumption”. Dumenil describes the consumption patterns of…

  • The 1920s in My Mind

    I am not super familiar with the historical events or the culture of the 1920s, and the only film/media representation that I am familiar with is the Great Gatsby. I…

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