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Blog posts that explore some aspect of the 1920s

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    Web Review: The People History

    Content This website does not just cover the 1920s, but rather covers the entire 20th century. The website is divided by decade, which is further divided by year. For each…

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    Book Review: The Emergence of International Society in the 1920s by Daniel Gorman

    Daniel Gorman’s The Emergence of International Society in the 1920s tells the story of how World War I created an international community that connected the globe. In the aftermath of…

  • Book Review: Jews and Booze: Becoming American in the Age of Prohibition

    The 1920s is a decade in which an enormous amount of historians have contributed to the ongoing discussions surrounding the time period. While some praise the decade as a time…

  • Book Review: The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s

    Summary The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s by Lynn Dumenil was written in 1995, and it is an interpretation of the dramatic, important, and misunderstood decade.…

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    Book Review: Review of “Recasting Bourgeois Europe”

    Recasting Bourgeois Europe: Stabilization in France, Germany and Italy in the Decade After World War I was written by historian Charles S. Maier and was first published in 1975. This…

  • Phoebe “Febb” Ensminger Burn

    Biographical Overview Phoebe Ensminger Burn was born in the quiet community of Mount Verd, Tennessee on November 23, 1873, and was more often well-known by her nickname of “Febb.” She…

  • The Snyder Act of 1924

    History of Native American Citizenship To be born and raised in the United States of America but denied citizenship and the right to vote; this was the unfortunate reality for…

  • “Tut-mania” and the 1923 Exhumation of King Tutankhamun’s Tomb

    Exploration in the 1920s heavily influenced it to be the groundbreaking period that it was. It was a period of indulging in lavish leisure activities and adhering to the newest…

  • The ups and downs of the 1920’s

    Matthew Blair Whenever people talk about the 1920’s I immediately think about jazz. Jazz had enormous influence on dances, fashion, the youth culture and race relations. Growing up my grandparents…

  • The Impact of the 1920s

    I do not know too much about the 1920’s such as specifics, however, I do know that it was currently referred to as the “Roaring Twenties” or the “Jazz Age.”…

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